A qualitative study of women's decision-making at the end of IVF treatment

Peddie, Valerie; Teijlingen, Edwin van; Bhattacharya, Siladitya

doi:10.1093/humrep/deh857

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“…becomes easier for persons that do not have particular support factors and cannot deal with infertility and the problems coming up together with it (24). According to some studies, not having the spouse's and family's support causes a deterioration in the mental health of women (25,43). Due to gender roles, in case of stressful events, while women can seek help and support explicitly, males are expected to solve their problems themselves and demand less support (44).…”

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Relation of anxiety and depressive symptoms with perceived social support according to gender within infertile couples

Aldemir¹,

Eser²,

Turhan³

et al. 2015

Dusunen Adam

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Relation of anxiety and depressive symptoms with perceived social support according to gender within infertile couples Objective: Evaluation of infertile couples' emotional symptoms and perceived social supports according to gender differences.Method: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) were administered to 66 primarily infertile couples that did not have psychiatric Axis-I disorders according to DSM-IV.Results: According to the scale's average points, the samples' depressive symptom levels did not indicate clinical depression; rather, anxiety levels were in normal ranges. Comparing participants' anxiety according to gender, female participants were more anxious than male participants. Couples reported less anxiety and depression as long as they perceived higher social support. It was found that the combined infertility group, in which both women and men have problems to conceive, had more perceived social support from significant other and friends than in the female-originated infertility group. Also, results revealed that the male-originated infertility group reported more perceived social support from significant other compared to the female-originated infertility group. Sonuç: İnfertil çiftlerde erkeklerin kadınlara göre sosyal desteğinin, kadınların ise emosyonel zorlanmasının daha fazla olduğu, bunun yanında çiftlerin algıladığı yeterli sosyal desteğin emosyonel semptomları azalttığı anlaşıldı.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relation of anxiety and depressive symptoms with perceived social support according to gender within infertile couples

Aldemir¹,

Eser²,

Turhan³

et al. 2015

Dusunen Adam

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“…Literature supports the findings that a caring and supportive clinic makes the experience of ART less severe than it otherwise would be (Hammarberg et al, 2001;Malin, Hemminki, Raikkonen, Sihvo, & Perala, 2001;Parry, 2004;Peddie et al, 2005;Redshaw et al, 2007).…”

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“…Media has depicted medical technology as normalising ART treatment for the ordinary woman who endures pain and discomfort to gain her goal of a perfect child and who is assisted by a benevolent and humble medical specialist (Diepenbrock, 2000;Gibson, 2004;McLean, 2004). Consequently, women may have unrealistic perceptions of ART specialists, procedures, abilities and limitations (Bell, 2006;Peddie, van Teijlingen, & Bhattacharya, 2005).…”

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“…Younger women were more confident of success than those aged 40 and older. Peddie's et al (2005) research participants also felt they had commenced treatment with unrealistic expectations of success and required improved psychological assistance if their expectations were not met. Such unrealistic expectations may be prevalent, in part, as the procedures are described as routine and the risks of failure of the technology are downplayed (Sharp, 2000).…”

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“…Making the decision to stop treatment without having a baby forces some women to come to terms with their unresolved infertility and involuntary childlessness. However, it may help to relieve them of the emotional stress associated with ART (Peddie et al, 2005). One woman said "…I want to reach a point where I say you've got to let go…".…”

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Expectations and experiences of midlife intending mothers engaging with Assisted Reproductive Technology

Hayward¹

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The age for optimal women's childbearing, with the best chance of delivering a healthy baby, is generally considered to be when aged in their 20s years. Some researchers propose that fertility declines occurs from 32 years of age. After this age women have a decreasing chance of conception attributed primarily to age-related chromosomal changes in their oocytes. Midlife intending mothers (women aged 35 and older) This research investigates perceptions of women's fertility decline and ART success from a group of women who had used ART, and from men and women in the community who may not have used ART. Women who had used ART and a community cohort were surveyed. Responses from these two groups were analysed separately and compared.Women who had used ART were asked about their experiences at their clinic, and if treatment had social or psychological repercussions. Participants asked about their perceptions of media portrayal of ART success for women aged 35 and older. The concept that ART has become commodified, where commodification is the transformation of services or entities into a commodity, is explored. Those who had used ART suggested recommendations for younger women about childbearing.A mixed-methods approach was utilised. Data were gathered from three cohorts of participants. Quantitative and qualitative data were gathered from an in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) support group (N = 68) and qualitative data from an interview group of IVF users (N=6) who had engaged with ART treatment either currently or recently. Some had conceived and some were still having treatment. The community group (N= 1243) comprised men and women over 18 years of age who participated in a Queensland-wide telephone survey. Quantitative data gathered from the support group and the community were analysed using SPSS. Qualitative data were explored via thematic analysis.Thematic findings from the interview group supported findings of the support group. Most women knew the benefits and risks of delaying childbearing and made an informed choice ii to use ART. Most were aware that fertility declined from the age of 35, yet this age group is the major consumer of ART. Most women younger than 40 years believed they would get pregnant and have a healthy baby. Only half of the women aged 40 years and older had that confidence. However, this insight may have been gained after using ART. Women found their experience physiologically and psychologically challenging and those who didn't conceive, found making the decision to stop treatment confronting. Some were confused on the published success rates, and expectations elevated from overall rather than age specific pregnancy not birth rates.Support group and interview participants felt delayed childbearing was mainly due to lack of a relationship partner whereas community members believed career or work aspirations. Both he support group and community group agreed that women's fertility declined from the age of 35 years but significantly more community members, and significantly more men th...

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Dealing with the Emotional Distress following Failed IVF

Burns

2012

Assisted Reproduction Techniques

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A qualitative study of women's decision-making at the end of IVF treatment

Cited by 120 publications

References 32 publications

Relation of anxiety and depressive symptoms with perceived social support according to gender within infertile couples

Relation of anxiety and depressive symptoms with perceived social support according to gender within infertile couples

Expectations and experiences of midlife intending mothers engaging with Assisted Reproductive Technology

Dealing with the Emotional Distress following Failed IVF

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