ArticleJournal of community psychology2021
"The worst time of my life": Treatment-related stress and unmet needs of women living with infertility.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- More than a medical condition: a theoretical exploration of infertility's hidden burden.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
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- Health care experiences of individuals accessing or undergoingFrontiers in reproductive health · 2025Pooled it
- Beyond childlessness: a qualitative exploration of the psychosocial impact of infertility among women in Southern Ghana.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Mitochondrial replacement techniques for treating infertility.Journal of medical ethics · 2026Article
- Music, imagery, and infertility: a qualitative inquiry into symptoms, treatments, and expressive therapies with infertility clinicians.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Effects of stressful life events on ART treatment outcomes: a prospective study on the role of individual and personality characteristics and psychological health conditions.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Sociodemographic and medical correlates of fertility-related quality of life in primary infertile Czech couples attending fertility clinics.Health psychology report · 2026Article
- Advancing a Measure of Sexual and Reproductive Well-Being Aligned With Core Values of Reproductive Justice and Human Rights.American journal of public health · 2025Article
- Recurrent Miscarriage and Infertility Services and Supports: A Qualitative Study of Views and Experiences in the Republic of Ireland.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Validation and dyadic invariance of the Infertility Concerns Questionnaire among Brazilian couples.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Psychological health conditions of ART treated infertile couples: a 4-years prospective study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Exploring Psychological Distress and Adverse Childhood Experiences Among U.S. Women with Concurrent Reproductive Trauma and Infertility: A Secondary Analysis of a Cross-Sectional Study.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- A Comparative Study on Personality Traits, Temperament, and Interpersonal Attitudes: Fertile vs Infertile Couples.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2025Article
- Pregnancy stress in women at high risk of preeclampsia with their anxiety, depression, self-management capacity: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Barriers beyond biology: The socioeconomic and cultural determinants of infertility treatment-seeking behaviour - A systematic review.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Review
- Marital Adjustment as a Mediator Between Emotional Suppression and Self-Compassion in Women Aged 35+ Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization-Embryo Transfer: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study.Depression and anxiety · 2025Observational
- Irrational parenthood cognition and infertility stigma among infertile women: A cross-sectional study in Changsha, China.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Exploring the psycho-social burden of infertility: Perspectives of infertile couples in Cape Coast, Ghana.PloS one · 2024Article
- An insurmountable obstacle: Experiences of Chinese women undergoing in vitro fertilization.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
Approximately 12% of women in the United States have difficulty getting pregnant or carrying a pregnancy to term (i.e., infertility). Infertility permeates women's lives and is psychologically, socially and financially burdensome. This study aimed to describe women's experiences regarding infertility and explore factors that women find helpful to alleviate their fertility-related stressors. Using purposive sample, we conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with infertile women. Participants reported multiple infertility treatment-related stressors including (a) difficulty accessing infertility treatment due to financial issues, geographic disparities, and healthcare provider factors; (b) challenges during infertility treatment related to painful, embarrassing, confusing treatments, side effects, and healthcare providers' failures to fully address women's needs. The stories and findings add to a body of literature that elucidate significant stressors that women encounter in their fertility journey including a desire for empathetic, understandable, and effective treatment and support, and the crucial role of healthcare providers.
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