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ArticleJournal of assisted reproduction and genetics2021

Assessing the quality of decision-making for planned oocyte cryopreservation.

Samantha Yee, Carly V Goodman, Vivian Fu, Nechama J Lipton, Michal Dviri, Jordana Mashiach, Clifford L Librach

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Article in Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Samantha YeeCReATe Fertility Centre, 790 Bay Street, Suite 1100, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1N8, Canada. samantha@createivf.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1484-1137
Carly V GoodmanCReATe Fertility Centre, 790 Bay Street, Suite 1100, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1N8, Canada.
Vivian FuCReATe Fertility Centre, 790 Bay Street, Suite 1100, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1N8, Canada.
Nechama J LiptonCReATe Fertility Centre, 790 Bay Street, Suite 1100, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1N8, Canada.
Michal DviriCReATe Fertility Centre, 790 Bay Street, Suite 1100, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1N8, Canada.
Jordana MashiachCReATe Fertility Centre, 790 Bay Street, Suite 1100, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1N8, Canada.
Clifford L LibrachCReATe Fertility Centre, 790 Bay Street, Suite 1100, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1N8, Canada.
CReATe Fertility Centre · CAUniversity of Toronto · CASunnybrook Health Science Centre · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis survey study aims to examine the quality of planned oocyte cryopreservation (POC) decision-making in the domains of decision change, decision difficulty, decision regret and informed choice.

methodsOf the 224 women who completed at least one POC cycle between 2012 and 2018 at a Canadian academic IVF centre, 198 were reachable by email for anonymous survey participation.

resultsNinety-eight questionnaires were returned (response rate 49.5%). Of these, 86 fully completed questionnaires were analyzed for this study. Eighty-eight percent of respondents stated that it was a 'good decision' to cryopreserve oocytes, in retrospect. Despite this, 31% found the decision-making process to be 'difficult'. Three in five (61%) would have made 'exactly the same' decision without any change, yet slightly over a third (35%) would have made a 'similar' decision, but with option-related changes and process-related changes. A negative correlation between 'decision regret' and 'informed choice' was found (p < .005). Those who stated that they would have made exactly the 'same' POC decision were found to have a significantly higher 'informed choice' score compared to others who would have made a 'similar' or 'completely different' decision, in retrospect (p < .001). Respondents with lesser 'decision regret' were significantly more likely to appraise their decision as a well-informed choice (p < .001).

conclusionsOur findings show that high-quality POC decision-making is accompanied by the perception of being able to make an informed choice, which can be achieved by providing patients with adequate information and individualized counselling to help patients set realistic expectations of cycle outcomes.

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CryopreservationAdultCanadaFemaleFertility PreservationHumansOocytesReproductive Techniques, AssistedSurveys and QuestionnairesAssisted reproductionFertility preservationOocyte cryopreservationPlanned egg freezingPlanned oocyte cryopreservationSocial egg freezing

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PMID33575856
PMCPMC8079493
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