Characteristics of infertility specific quality of life in Hungarian couples

Cserepes, Réka Eszter; Kórösi, T

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“…Hungary stands at the second best position out of the 62 countries studied. This means that practically more life roles are offered to women to fulfill and thus they may not feel under a great pressure to become a mother [ 26 ]. According to the definition, uncertainty avoidance is “the extent to which members of an organization or society strive to avoid uncertainty by reliance on social norms and bureaucratic practices to alleviate unpredictability” [ 25 ].…”

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Cross-cultural comparison of fertility specific quality of life in German, Hungarian and Jordanian couples attending a fertility center

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Hamadneh

Rösner

et al. 2016

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BackgroundOnly a few studies have reported cross-cultural comparisons regarding psychosocial consequences of infertility. Differences between societies with different cultural backgrounds were revealed and seemed to be based on the importance of pronatalism. Our aim was to measure cross-cultural differences in fertility specific quality of life of infertile couples in Germany, Hungary and Jordan who attend a fertility center in a cross-sectional study.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in one fertility clinic in Germany, in five fertility clinics in Hungary and in one fertility clinic in Jordan. Overall 750 couples (252 couples in Jordan, 246 couples in Germany and 252 couples in Hungary) attending the first medical infertility consultation were asked to fill out our questionnaire set. Fertility specific quality of life (FertiQoL) and sociodemographic differences were measured between couples from three countries.ResultsJordanian couples had the shortest relationship (5.8 ± 4.3 yrs.), though they reported the longest duration of child wish (4.2 ± 3.6 yrs.) and fertility treatments (3.0 ± 3.3 yrs.). The proportion of high education was considerably higher in Jordanian women and men (60 % and 66 %, respectively) compared to the other two samples. First, marked cross-country differences were obtained on Emotional, Mind/Body and Relational subscales of the FertiQoL, indicating that Jordanian couples reported poorer fertility-related quality of life than Germans and Hungarians (p < 0.001). After controlling for the sociodemographic and medical variables, a significant difference only in the Emotional domain was observed (p < 0.001).ConclusionsThe study revealed only a few cultural based differences in fertility specific quality of life between the couples of the three countries. Thus, infertility counselors should pay attention to psychosocial problems rooted in individual sociocultural aspects of the infertile couple regardless of cultural stereotypes. Further studies should identify sociocultural factors within different subgroups of infertile patients instead of focusing different societies as a whole because intra-cultural psychosocial differences in experiencing infertility seem to be more important for the individual patient than intercultural differences.

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Cross-cultural comparison of fertility specific quality of life in German, Hungarian and Jordanian couples attending a fertility center

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Hamadneh

Rösner

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“…Regarding childless couples, the most frequent psychological disorders are anxiety and depression, hence a significant part of the literature focuses on these symptoms [7]. Generally, studies highlight a stronger emotional burden on women, but it can also be underlined that their male counterparts are in an inferior psychological condition compared to men in the general population [6, 16 -19].…”

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“…In the literature, many studies deal with this subject, but most of them focus on the differences between genders, and most of these papers consider the women's aspect as more significant [6]. Most authors agree that the members of the couple affect each other psychologically and they are facing infertility as a couple [7].…”

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Psychological Distress and Coping Mechanisms in Infertile Couples

Pásztor¹,

Hegyi²,

Dombi³

et al. 2019

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Numerous motivational and strong emotional intentions can be found in the background of the desire for a child. Hence unintended childlessness gives rise to a severe psychological burden to both members of the couple. In the literature, several studies are involved in the exploration of this subject, albeit most of them bring into focus the differences of psychological liabilities between the genders. A smaller proportion of these papers examined the psychological aspects affecting couples, and just a very small number of studies investigated the psychological aspects in men. Nevertheless, most of the studies proved that although the psychological aspects in women can be more significant compared to their partner, the psychological burden of infertile men are obviously above the population average. Several different, gender-specific coping-mechanisms have been identified, which tend to be less successful in men compared to women. The acquirement of proper coping mechanisms could be more emphasized during the psychotherapeutic part of reproductive treatment.

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“…Consequently, patients experience infertility as a major stressful life event. Being unwillingly childless increases the occurrence of anxiety and depression and concurrently, decreases the quality of life (Cserepes, Kőrösi, & Bugan, 2014;El Kissi et al, 2013). Males experience significant distress when they experience infertility.…”

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Adaptive coping strategies in male infertility, paramedical counselling as a way of support

Szatmári

Helembai

Zádori

et al. 2020

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

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Aims: In the last decades, the number of infertile males increased worldwide which gained more focus. The extent to which a person or a couple is able to cope adaptively with the problem of infertility depends on the combined effect of several variables. Our aim was to apply counselling among males suffering from infertility problems. During the therapybesides providing informationwe aim to elaborate the effects of the treatment and experiences, to process information, to develop adaptive coping strategies against stress and to indirectly or directly change health behaviours influencing reproduction. Methods: Only patients with male factor infertility were involved. They were divided into an observed group (n = 57) and a control (n = 51) group after a thorough physical examination and assessment of their reactions to, and awareness of, the disease. Results: The group that received the interventions had an intense awareness of the diagnosis and aims and nature of the indicated treatment. They employed purposeful problemsolving coping strategies, reported being satisfied with the infertility treatment. Conclusions: The counselling of clients with infertility problems a more favourable mental well-being can be established by the active participation of professional helpers. Patients might receive effective, targeted and problem-specific help.

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Characteristics of infertility specific quality of life in Hungarian couples

Cited by 32 publications

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Cross-cultural comparison of fertility specific quality of life in German, Hungarian and Jordanian couples attending a fertility center

Cross-cultural comparison of fertility specific quality of life in German, Hungarian and Jordanian couples attending a fertility center

Psychological Distress and Coping Mechanisms in Infertile Couples

Adaptive coping strategies in male infertility, paramedical counselling as a way of support

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