A Review of Supportive Interventions Targeting Individuals or Couples Undergoing Infertility Treatment: Directions for the Development of Interventions

Luk, Bronya Hi-Kwan; Loke, Alice Yuen

doi:10.1080/0092623x.2015.1074133

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“…Furthermore, several studies have found that interventions focused on the acquisition of specific coping skills (Boivin, 2003) and broader support interventions (e.g. cognitive behavioural therapy and mind/body interventions) could benefit fertility patients in reducing psychological distress (Chow, Cheung, & Cheung, 2016;de Liz & Strauss, 2005;Frederiksen, Farver-Vestergaard, Skovgard, Ingerslev, & Zachariae, 2015;Luk & Loke, 2016). However, past interventions have mostly targeted patients after a cycle or when treatment ended; thus, future intervention studies may consider specific treatment stages.…”

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Psychometric properties of the FertiQoL questionnaire in Italian infertile women in different stages of treatment

Volpini

Mazza

Mallia

et al. 2019

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

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BACKGROUND: Infertility and its treatment can have a significant impact on the individual's quality of life (QoL). Fertility-specific QoL measures can be obtained through the FertiQoL (Boivin, Takefman, & Braverman, 2011), a questionnaire with six-subscales that consider different core aspects of the person's wellbeing and way of behaving during treatment. OBJECTIVE: Examine the psychometric properties of all six-subscales of the Italian FertiQoL in a national sample of infertile women and explore the effects of the ART treatment phases on different features of fertility-related QoL. METHOD: 323 women, in three different treatment stages, completed the FertiQoL (Diagnostic, Stimulation, Transfer). Raw data were subject to Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), and a structural equation modelling was used to validate the hypothesized model. RESULTS: CFA shows a good fit of the data to the FertiQoL hierarchical model (chi-square/df = 1.989, CFI=0.88, RMSEA=0.055). After the deletion of 2 items, all FertiQoL scales have good or more than acceptable internal consistency. SEM analysis showed that the ART treatment phase was positively associated with fertility-related QoL scores both in the Relational (β= 0.14, p<0.05) and in the Tolerability (β= =0.17, p<0.05) subscales. CONCLUSION: All scales of the Italian FertiQoL version maintain good psychometric characteristics; Tolerability and Relational subscales are sensitive to the stage of treatment and may provide relevant information for the medical staff.

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Psychometric properties of the FertiQoL questionnaire in Italian infertile women in different stages of treatment

Volpini

Mazza

Mallia

et al. 2019

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

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“…Infertility is defined as the lack of ability to achieve a clinical pregnancy after one year or more of unprotected and well-timed intercourse with the same partner [ 1 ]. It is estimated that around 15% of couples of reproductive age present with infertility, and about half of the infertility is associated with male partner [ 2 , 3 ]. With the continuing world-wide increase in male infertility, it has become a major health problem attracting more clinical attention.…”

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Proteomic profile of human spermatozoa in healthy and asthenozoospermic individuals

Cao¹,

Cui²,

Zhang³

et al. 2018

Reprod Biol Endocrinol

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Asthenozoospermia is considered as a common cause of male infertility and characterized by reduced sperm motility. However, the molecular mechanism that impairs sperm motility remains unknown in most cases. In the present review, we briefly reviewed the proteome of spermatozoa and seminal plasma in asthenozoospermia and considered post-translational modifications in spermatozoa of asthenozoospermia. The reduction of sperm motility in asthenozoospermic patients had been attributed to factors, for instance, energy metabolism dysfunction or structural defects in the sperm-tail protein components and the differential proteins potentially involved in sperm motility such as COX6B, ODF, TUBB2B were described. Comparative proteomic analysis open a window to discover the potential pathogenic mechanisms of asthenozoospermia and the biomarkers with clinical significance.

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“…Infertility is defined as the lack of ability to conceive within one year of unprotected intercourse with the same partner 1 . It is estimated that nearly 8–12% of couples are infertile 2 , and approximately 30–40% of infertility cases are caused by male factors 3 . Several risk factors are involved in the pathogenesis of infertility, some of which include alterations in spermatogenesis due to testicular cancer, aplasia of the germinal cells, varicocele, defects in the transport of sperm, or environmental factors as well as congenital anomalies, infectious diseases, bilateral spermaducts, pregnancy-related infections, alterations in the characteristics of semen such as a decrease in sperm motility and sperm count, the presence of antisperm antibodies (ASAs), and nutritional deficiency of trace elements such as selenium and zinc (Zn) 4 5 6 7 8 9 .…”

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Zinc levels in seminal plasma and their correlation with male infertility: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Zhao

Dong

et al. 2016

Sci Rep

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Zinc is an essential trace mineral for the normal functioning of the male reproductive system. Current studies have investigated the relationship between seminal plasma zinc and male infertility but have shown inconsistent results. Hence, we systematically searched PubMed, EMBASE, Science Direct/Elsevier, CNKI and the Cochrane Library for studies that examined the relationship between seminal plasma zinc and male infertility, as well as the effects of zinc supplementation on sperm parameters. Twenty studies were identified, including 2,600 cases and 867 controls. Our meta-analysis results indicated that the seminal plasma zinc concentrations from infertile males were significantly lower than those from normal controls (SMD (standard mean differences) [95% CI] −0.64 [−1.01, −0.28]). Zinc supplementation was found to significantly increase the semen volume, sperm motility and the percentage of normal sperm morphology (SMD [95% CI]: −0.99 [−1.60, −0.38], −1.82 [−2.63, −1.01], and −0.75 [−1.37, −0.14], respectively). The present study showed that the zinc level in the seminal plasma of infertile males was significantly lower than that of normal males. Zinc supplementation could significantly increase the sperm quality of infertile males. However, further studies are needed to better elucidate the correlation between seminal plasma zinc and male infertility.

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A Review of Supportive Interventions Targeting Individuals or Couples Undergoing Infertility Treatment: Directions for the Development of Interventions

Cited by 40 publications

References 53 publications

Psychometric properties of the FertiQoL questionnaire in Italian infertile women in different stages of treatment

Psychometric properties of the FertiQoL questionnaire in Italian infertile women in different stages of treatment

Proteomic profile of human spermatozoa in healthy and asthenozoospermic individuals

Zinc levels in seminal plasma and their correlation with male infertility: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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