Psychosocial risks associated with multiple births resulting from assisted reproduction: a Spanish sample

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1059-1066

  Roca de Bes, Montserrat ^a,b   Gutierrez Maldonado, José ^c   Gris Martínez, José M ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL QUIRÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction; marital satisfaction; material needs; Multiple births; quality of life; social stigma; stress; triplets; twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PARENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPAIN;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRIPLETS; TWINS;

EID: 69249202522     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.1753     Document Type: Article

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