Does infertility cause marital benefit? An epidemiological study of 2250 women and men in fertility treatment

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 244-251

  Schmidt, Lone ^a   Holstein, Bjørn ^a   Christensen, Ulla ^a   Boivin, Jacky ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Clinical epidemiology; Communication; Coping; Infertility; Marital benefit; Marital satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MARRIAGE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DENMARK; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 28444484212     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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