ArticleBMC women's health2022
Experiences of infertile women pursuing treatment in Kenya: a qualitative study.
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- Experience of infertility-related stigma in Africa: a systematic review and mixed methods meta-synthesis.International health · 2025Pooled it
- Coping strategies and influencing factors among infertile patients: a qualitative meta-synthesis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review of challenges and prospective recommendations of medically assisted reproductive technology in developing countries.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Pooled it
- Exploring the psychological implications of infertility among IVF parents in Uganda using the transactional theory of stress and coping.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The Lived Experience of Couples Undergoing In Vitro Fertilisation in Greece: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- How Does Fertility Stress Influence Depressive Symptoms in Female Partners of Infertile Couples in China? A Parallel Mediation Analysis of Infertility Stigma and Family Function.Depression and anxiety · 2026Article
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- How Resilience Mitigates Depression After IVF-ET Failure: A Moderated Mediation Model of Hope, Social Relations, and Income in China.International journal of women's health · 2025Article
- A scoping review of the psychosocial aspects of infertility in African countries.Reproductive health · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe infertility treatment process is associated with various psychological, physical, social, moral, and financial challenges, especially for women. The women are likely to report low marital satisfaction and emotional distress due to fertility treatment demands. This study explored how infertile women described their treatment experience and how they coped with treatment demands as they underwent treatment at three gynecology outpatient clinics in Kenya.
methodsA qualitative phenomenological research design was used to analyze and describe women's fertility treatment experiences. The data were collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews with 33 infertile women selected purposively. Trustworthiness of the findings was ensured using Guba and Lincoln's criteria. The recorded interviews were transcribed verbatim and then analyzed using reflective thematic analysis, developed by Braun and Clarkes.
resultsThree themes and 13 sub-themes related to women's fertility treatment experiences and coping strategies were identified. The theme challenges encountered during fertility treatment have three sub-themes: emotional distressing, physical pain, and financial constraining. Theme impacts of fertility treatment on relationships have three sub-themes: relationship with their husband, relationship with their family, and relationship with their friends. Finally, coping with fertility treatment has six sub-themes: religious practices and personal faith, giving in to feelings, shifting focus, taking a break, staying with their relative's children, and receiving support from others.
conclusionThe experiences of women undergoing treatment are multi-dimensional. Therefore, incorporating psychosocial interventions or counseling into the fertility treatment routine with National Health Insurance Fund cards may reduce the treatment burden, improving women's psychological well-being and relationships with their husbands, family, and friends.
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