Open Access Tubal aSsessment for the initial management of infertility in general practice (the OATS trial): A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 562, 2009, Pages 329-335

  Wilkes, Scott ^a   Murdoch, Alison ^b   Steen, Nick ^c   Wilsdon, John ^d   Rubin, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family practice; Health services accessibility; Hysterosalpingography; Infertility; Primary health care; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CLOMIFENE; FOLIC ACID; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEMALE STERILIZATION REVERSAL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVULATION INDUCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SMOKING; SPERM DONOR; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849115103     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp09X420590     Document Type: Article

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