Can an educational DVD improve the acceptability of elective single embryo transfer? A randomized controlled study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 489-495

  Hope, Nicole ^a   Rombauts, Luk ^a  

^a MONASH IVF   (Australia)

Author keywords

IVF; patient information; provision of information; randomized controlled trial; single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; TWINS; VIDEODISC RECORDING;

EID: 77953720384     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.080     Document Type: Article

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