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Showing 1 to 20 of 345 for “"infertility"”.
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Infertility and infertility treatment: childhood cancer and epigenetic risks.
… for cancers that arise early in life. Parental infertility and infertility treatment have been hypothesized as possible risk factors for childhood cancer. The link is suspected since many infertile couples may have specific genetic or epigenetic anomalies that could be passed on to their …
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Exploring infertility through art
This study, entitled "Exploring infertility through art" focuses on researching the use of art to explore the psychogenic, psychological and physiological aspects of infertility and the psychosomatic avenues of expression possibly resulting in, or contributing to, infertility. The term psychogenic …
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Counselling Psychology of Infertility
The central theme of this thesis is infertility. It links different areas of my work as a chartered counselling psychologist working with clients experiencing difficulties conceiving. I currently work in private practice specialising in this area. Previously I worked as an NF counsellor at the …
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Talking About Infertility: A Conceptual Model
… or carrying a baby to term), discussing their infertility with others is a significant issue that can influence their relationships, their coping and well-being, and their access to social support. However, disclosing a fertility problem can pose a variety of challenges, such as the revelation …
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Male Infertility: The Process to Seeking Treatment
Infertility has an effect on both males and females. Current literature focuses on women rather than men. The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the process that adult males go through from deciding to conceive to seeking treatment for male-factor infertility. A qualitative …
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Does infertility affect marital quality? A qualitative study
… of this study was to examine the effects of infertility on marital quality. A phenomenological perspective guided this qualitative study in order to capture the individual meanings and lived experiences of the participants. A total of 13 women formed the sample for this study. The age of the …
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A Guide for the Psychosocial Treatment of Infertility
<p>Infertility is a growing area of the medical field and a common problem experienced by couples and individuals during their lifetime. Stress is known to decrease fertility in men and women, and may also impact fertility treatment outcomes. Psychological burden is associated with treatment …
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The place of crossover designs in infertility trials
Many people regard infertility as an unsuitable condition in which to run cross-over designs. Because if treatments are successful, then some women will become pregnant in the first period of treatment and if they become pregnant in the first period they are very unlikely to be treated in the …
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Evaluating the measurement of infertility and infertility treatment-related depression in women : a multiphase qualitative and quantitative analysis of psychometric properties.
Infertility affects approximately 48.5 million reproductive aged couples worldwide (Kiani et al., 2021; Dube et al., 2021; WHO, 2023). Women who are infertile experience rates of depression nearly four times higher than the general population. While depression is a construct of interest for many …
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Living with infertility: an exploratory study of men’s experience
Research on the infertility realm is mostly dominated by the female experience and on gender differences. Despite the fact that half of the infertility issues are associated with men, research on the male experience remains limited. There has recently been a change since more studies have been …
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Negotiating meaning following infertility and disruption to life plans
Infertility is seen as a distressing crisis for the couple and individual. There has tended to be too heavy a focus on the female’s experience and not enough attention given to couples who go through IVF together. The aim of this research was to investigate how heterosexual couples co-construct …
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Barren promise : the hope and heartache in treating infertility
… and researchers have deemed PGD a useful infertility treatment. As a result, the number of people using PGD has increased every year since the technology was first developed in 1989. The role of PCGD as an emerging infertility treatment was examined from research, clinical, and personal …
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Giving a voice to diverse men's experiences of infertility
Infertility is the inability to conceive after at least 12 months of unprotected sexual intercourse (Dooley, Nolan, & Sarma, 2011; Kelly-Weeder, 2012; World Health Organization [WHO], 2016). It is estimated that 8-12% of all heterosexual couples, or 80 million people worldwide, are infertile (Leon, …
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Providers as Patients: The Healthcare Provider Experience of Infertility in Tennessee
… struggle. In part due to the high prevalence of infertility in the United States (US), the lack of uniform policies to support this population, and the higher rates of infertility experienced by those in the healthcare field when compared to the general population, research focused on physicians …
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MODELING INFERTILITY: SINGLE GENE MUTATIONS AND CONSEQUENCES FOR GERM CELL DEVELOPMENT
Infertility is a growing global healthcare concern. Genetic causes account for a large percent of infertility cases, and in some instances, single-gene mutations are sufficient to cause infertility in humans. To further our understanding of certain single gene causes of infertility, we studied the …
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The hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis: studies on delayed puberty and infertility
The functional characteristics and control mechanisms of the hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis were explored by examining the patterns of pituitary and testicular hormone secretion in pubertal subjects and in adults with impaired spermatogenesis. The overnight hormone profile and the pituitary …
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Identifying Modifiable Factors Associated with Psychological Health in Women Experiencing Infertility
<p>Infertility affects approximately 12.5% of U.S. women and is often accompanied by psychological distress. The following study aimed to assess the relationship of modifiable psychological factors on depression and anxiety symptoms and posttraumatic growth in women experiencing infertility. Women …
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Infertility in British South Asian communities: negotiating the community and the clinic.
… of ethnicity and culture on the experience of infertility within Western societies.To begin to address this lacuna, this thesis was designed to exlore the social meanings of infertility in British South Asian communities, and the infertility experiences of individual South Asian women. The …
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The use of antibiotics in the control of infertility in turkey populations
This study evaluated the effects of an antibiotic (oxytetracycline HCL) on reproductive performance of turkey breeder hens. The antibiotic was administered in 1) drinking water or 2) drinking water and intravaginal infusion. Hens were assigned to fertility subclasses (low 0-70%, medium 71-90%, high …
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