STUDY QUESTION: What is the recommended prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infertility among individuals and couples? SUMMARY ANSWER: The World Health Organization (WHO) made 40 recommendations and six good practice statements for the…
OBJECTIVES: Endometriosis affects 5-10% of women of reproductive age and is associated with chronic pain, infertility and reduced quality of life. Symptom Reporting Tools (SRTs) may support identification and management in primary care, but…
BACKGROUND: Family-planning policies have focused on contraceptive approaches to avoid unintended pregnancies, postpone, or terminate pregnancies and mitigate population growth. These policies have contributed to significantly slowing world…
STUDY QUESTION: What do fertility staff and patients think is bad news in fertility care? SUMMARY ANSWER: Staff and patients agree bad news is any news that makes patients less likely to achieve parenthood spontaneously or access and do su…
STUDY QUESTION: Which success rates do female and male IVF patients expect, what determines their expectations and do patients reconsider their expectations after receiving a personal IVF prognosis at the expense of anxious reactions? SUMM…
Fertility experts have advocated addressing preventable causes of infertility and early intervention. However, awareness of risk factors is low, especially in low- and middle-income countries where the prevalence of infertility is high. To …
The World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank have identified infertility as a global public health issue. Since the 1980s, WHO has advocated for a focus on prevention, especially where the burden of prevalence is highest, specifically…
BACKGROUND Chances of achieving parenthood are high for couples who undergo fertility treatment. However, many choose to discontinue before conceiving. A systematic review was conducted to investigate patients' stated reasons for and predic…
BACKGROUND: To develop the first international instrument to measure fertility quality of life (FertiQoL) in men and women experiencing fertility problems, to evaluate the preliminary psychometric properties of this new tool and to translat…