Absence from work and emotional stress in women undergoing IVF or ICSI: An analysis of IVF-related absence from work in women and the contribution of general and emotional factors

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1169-1175

  Bouwmans, Clazien A M ^a   Lintsen, Bea A M E ^b   Al, Maiwen ^a   Verhaak, Chris M ^b   Eijkemans, René J C ^a   Habbema, J Dik F ^a   Braat, Didi D M ^b   Hakkaart Van Roijen, Leona ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotional factors; Indirect costs; IVF ICSI treatment cycle; Productivity losses

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH AND LABOR QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; ILLNESS COGNITION QUESTIONNAIRE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INVENTORY SOCIAL RELATIONS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 56649103428     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340802460305     Document Type: Article

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