Improving Fertility Treatment Documentation – A Survey
Background: Many couples do not have adequate documentation following fertility treatments. Aims: To conduct a survey to understand the information needs of assisted reproductive technology physicians when assessing the reasons affecting treatment outcomes after intrauterine insemination (IUI) and i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2023-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jhrs.jhrs_34_23 |
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| Summary: | Background:
Many couples do not have adequate documentation following fertility treatments.
Aims:
To conduct a survey to understand the information needs of assisted reproductive technology physicians when assessing the reasons affecting treatment outcomes after intrauterine insemination (IUI) and in vitro fertilisation (IVF).
Settings and Design:
Online survey.
Materials and Methods:
Anonymous online survey of 14 parameters related to IUI treatment and 21 parameters related to IVF treatment, followed by recommendation of selected parameters for routine documentation.
Statistical Analysis Used:
Frequency distribution calculation of responses.
Results:
For IUI, total motile sperm count and post-wash sperm count and motility and for IVF, the quality and number of gametes, embryo number and morphology were the most important parameters.
Conclusion:
The study creates recommendations for the minimum information desirable in the fertility treatment documentation given to the couple undergoing treatment. |
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| ISSN: | 0974-1208 1998-4766 |