When do involuntarily infertile couples choose to seek medical help?  

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Moreau, Caroline ; Bouyer, Jean

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Fertility and Sterility (keterangan: ada di ClinicalKey) vol. 93 no. 03 (Feb. 2010), page 737-744 .
Topik: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; Fecundity; infertility; treatments; time to pregnancy

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: F02.K.2010.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Objective To estimate the probability of medical consultation for infertility during the course of a pregnancy attempt and to study its determinants. Design Pregnancy-based retrospective telephone survey analyzed with a discrete time Cox model. Setting Two rural counties in Brittany and Normandy, France. Patient(s) A random sample of 901 women from the general population aged 18–60 years reporting 1,460 pregnancy attempts resulting in a live birth between 1985 and 2000 (participation rate, 73%). Intervention(s) None. Main Outcome Measure(s) Probability of medical consultation for involuntary infertility cumulated over time. Result(s) The cumulative probability of medical consultation for involuntary infertility among nulligravid women was 45% after 12 months of involuntary infertility and 75% after 24 months. The probability of medical consultation at any time was half that for parous women (odds ratio 0.4, 95% confidence interval 0.2–0.6). More highly educated women were more likely to have sought medical help for infertility. Only 45% of women who had sought medical advice received infertility treatment. Conclusion(s) Our survival approach provides a description of infertility service use during the course of a pregnancy attempt, and confirms that parity and educational level are strong predictors of medical help-seeking behaviors.

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