ArticleReproductive biomedicine online2021
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on infertility patients and endometriosis patients in the Netherlands.
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- Treatment suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic and mental health of infertile patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Endometriosis and COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Pooled it
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- Sociodemographic and medical correlates of fertility-related quality of life in primary infertile Czech couples attending fertility clinics.Health psychology report · 2026Article
- Patient perspectives of telehealth for fertility care: a national survey.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2023Article
- SARS-CoV-2, fertility and assisted reproduction.Human reproduction update · 2023Review
- Trends among patients with endometriosis over a 7-year period and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: experience from an academic high-level endometriosis centre in Germany.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2023Article
- COVID-19 susceptibility in endometriosis patients: A case control study.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2022Article
- The ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on endometriosis patients: A survey of 1,089 UK patients.Facts, views & vision in ObGyn · 2022Article
- Potential impact of COVID-19 pandemic on endometriosis.Reproductive and developmental medicine · 2022Article
- Determinants of Pain-Induced Disability in German Women with Endometriosis during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of Asian women with endometriosis in Canada: A photovoice study.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
research questionHow do infertility patients, endometriosis patients and health-care providers rate virtual care as an alternative to physical consultations during the first lockdown of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the Netherlands, and how does this influence quality of life and quality of care?
designInfertility patients and endometriosis patients from a university hospital and members of national patient organizations, as well as healthcare providers in infertility and endometriosis care, were asked to participate between May and October 2020. The distributed online questionnaires consisted of an appraisal of virtual care and an assessment of fertility-related quality of life (FertiQol) and patient-centredness of endometriosis care (ENDOCARE).
resultsQuestionnaires were returned by 330 infertility patients, 181 endometriosis patients and 101 healthcare providers. Of these, 75.9% of infertility patients, 64.8% of endometriosis patients and 80% of healthcare providers rated telephone consultations as a good alternative to physical consultations during the COVID-19-pandemic. Only 21.3%, 14.8% and 19.2% of the three groups rated telephone consultations as a good replacement for physical consultations in the future. A total of 76.6% and 35.9% of the infertility and endometriosis patients reported increased levels of stress during the pandemic. Infertility patients scored lower on the FertiQol, while the ENDOCARE results care seem comparable to the reference population.
conclusionsVirtual care seems to be a good alternative for infertility and endometriosis patients in circumstances where physical consultations are not possible. Self-reported stress is especially high in infertility patients during the COVID-19-pandemic. Healthcare providers should aim to improve their patients' ability to cope.
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