The Infertility Characteristics of Patients in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialized Hospital and Effect of Pregnancy on the Type of Assisted Reproductive Technology

Development and Application of a Web-based Integrated Support Service Program for Infertile Women

“… 4 The development of these ART has given infertile couples the opportunity to conceive, but despite the high cost of the procedure and the long-term burden, pregnancy still cannot be guaranteed, increasing not only physical stress but also social, psychological, and economic hardships. 5 The number of subjects diagnosed with infertility increased by about 6% from 217 905 in 2015 to 230 802 in 2019 and has been increasing every year except in 2017. 6 Considering that the success rate of in vitro fertilization and assisted reproductive surgery is <30% to 50%, 7 and the fact that subjects diagnosed with infertility do not reach pregnancy and childbirth within 1 to 2 years, it is estimated that the number of participants who are diagnosed with infertility and undergo infertility treatment will reach 100s of 1000s.…”

“… 13 In this regard, previous studies related to infertility have been mainly focused on physical and psychological problems of female infertility, and their stress, anxiety, depression, and nursing needs were mainly studied. 1 , 2 , 5 Infertile women undergoing assisted reproductive surgery were found to have high stress, 5 which caused anxiety and depression, and thus increased the need for nursing care. 1 , 2 , 12 In spite of the high cost of surgery and the long-term burden, pregnancy was not guaranteed, which increased not only physical stress but also social, psychological, and economic burdens.…”

“… 1 , 2 , 12 In spite of the high cost of surgery and the long-term burden, pregnancy was not guaranteed, which increased not only physical stress but also social, psychological, and economic burdens. 5 Moreover, to increase the pregnancy rate of infertile women, it is necessary to correct the lifestyle of prospective parents during pre-pregnancy management. 14 However, the characteristics of infertility interventions that take a long time and require high cost are leading to low compliance and high dropout rates of patients.…”

A Scoping Review of the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients Under Infertility Treatment

“…코로나 팬데믹 이전의 상황을 반영하는 2020년 이전의 난임 치료에 관한 국내외 연구동향을 살펴보면, 국내에서는 주로 난 임 치료를 받는 참여자의 스트레스, 불안, 우울 등 심리적 특성 (Jung & Kim, 2017; 및 보조생식술을 받는 여성의 난임관련 삶의 질 을 측정했고, 난임 여성의 임신과 관련된 요인으로 생 활습관에 초점을 두어 신체활동 , 비만의 위 험 )을 밝힌 연구들이 수행되었으며, 나아가 난임 치료 시술에 따른 비용 연구 (Kim & Hwang, 2016;Moon & Jeon, 2022), 난임 환자의 한방 치료 등 보완의학 이용에 대 한 연구 (Hwang et al, 2019;Kim et al, 2018)가 보고되었 다. 국외연구에서도 난임 환자의 스트레스, 불안, 우울 및 수면, 삶의 질에 관한 연구가 다수 발표되었고 (Cheng et al, 2018;Freeman et al, 2018;Massarotti et al, 2019;Nicoloro-Santa Barbara et al, 2018), 비만, 영양 등 생활습관과 난임 치료의 관계 에 대한 연구 (Goldman et al, 2019;Nassan et al, 2018;Sacha et al, 2018;Setti et al, 2018), 보조생식술에서 연령의 영향에 대한 연구 (Pinheiro et al, 2019;Somigliana et al, 2020), 난임 치료를 받는 부부들의 친밀감 및 삶의 질에 관한 연구 (Goker et al, 2018;Luk & Loke, 2019), 보조생식술의 다양한 임상 결과 에 영향을 미치는 연령, 호르몬의 영향 등에 대한 연구가 수행 되어 왔다 (Behre, 2019;Hu et al, 2018;Pinheiro et al, 2019;Somigliana et al, 2020;Yovich et al, 2019) (Daudt et al, 2013;Munn et al, 2018;Seo & Kim, 2018).…”