ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Hair Cortisol Concentrations as a Biomarker to Predict a Clinical Pregnancy Outcome after an IVF Cycle: A Pilot Feasibility Study.
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- Effects of emotions on IVF/ICSI outcomes in infertile women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2025Pooled it
- Infertility and cortisol: a systematic review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Pooled it
- Stress is not so bad-cortisol level and psychological functioning after 8-week HIIT program during pregnancy: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2023Trial
- Interplay of endocrine and psychological factors in IVF/ICSI outcomes: a prospective cohort analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Cortisol dysregulation in anxiety infertile women and the influence on IVF treatment outcome.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Psychological assessment in infertility: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
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Abstract
Our objective was to examine the feasibility of hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) as a biomarker to predict clinical pregnancy outcomes and investigate its potential associations with perceived anxiety, resilience, and depressive symptoms. A total of 43 participants were assessed using HCC, the state trait anxiety inventory (STAI), resilience scale (RS), and the depression subscale of the symptom checklist 90-R (SCL-90-R). Participants were approached at their second consultation with the reproductive endocrinologist (T1), before scheduling their IVF cycle, and then 12 weeks after (T2), at their post-transfer visit with the study coordinators, before the human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) pregnancy test. The logistic regression model revealed that HCC at T2 predicted 46% of a positive pregnancy test [R2 = 0.46, (ß = 0.11,
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