Background Psychological interventions such as counseling for infertile patients seem to increase pregnancy rate. Objective The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to examine if counseling improves pregnancy rate among infertile patients. Thus, randomized controlled trials investigating the effect of counseling on pregnancy rate in infertile patients undergoing ART were pooled...

INTRODUCTION Cystic fibrosis is the most common autosomal recessive genetic disease in the Caucasian population. Extending knowledge about the molecular pathology on the one hand allows better delineation of the mutations in the CFTR gene and the other to dramatically increase the predictive power of molecular testing. METHODS This study reports the results of a molecular screening of cystic ...

objective: to evaluate the hope, depression, anxiety and stress among three groups of infertile couples. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study, the study sample consisted of three groups of infertile couples, candidate for oocyte donation (n=60), embryo donation (n=60), and normal infertile (n=60), aged at least 18 years and could read and write in persian were enrolled at the royan...

This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasmas, and Ureaplasmas in semen samples of the male partners of infertile couples and to investigate whether Chlamydia trachomatis could initiate apoptosis in human spermatozoa. A total of 85 males partners of infertile couples undergoing routine semen analysis according to World Health Organization guidelines...

Background Infertility may have many emotional and psychological implications on infertile couples. So far, different methods for reducing anxiety in infertile couples have been evaluated. The goal of this study is to evaluate the effect of provision of information regarding infertility treatment to infertile couples on their anxiety levels. MaterialsAndMethods This study was conducted as a bef...

The concern about the maintenance of the human species has existed since the earliest civilizations. Progress in the diagnosis and treatment of infertility has led to the development of assisted reproductive techniques (ART) which, along with the evolution of genetics and molecular biology studies, have contributed in a concrete way to the management of infertile couples. Classic in vitro ferti...

BACKGROUND In Algeria, the data on infertility and its various causes are rare. Recently, the introduction of assisted reproduction has allowed expecting that 300000 couples, which represent 7% of couples of reproductive age, face difficulty conceiving a child. Knowing that most idiopathic cases are likely to be due to chromosomal abnormalities, we aimed to investigate genetic defects by karyot...

Background: Some studies demonstrate that depression, stress, low self esteem and sexual dissatisfaction may be psychological outcomes of infertility. Depression and sexual satisfaction may play a significant role in the life of infertile couples, their infertility treatment follow ups and their hopefulness for the future, this study was done to determine and compare rates of depression and sex...

Psychological consequences of infertility issues, one of the problems is that infertile couples face and neglect of these adverse effects will follow. The most important of these psychological issues can be traced to marital intimacy. This study was a quasi-experimental with a pretest posttest design. The study population consisted of infertile couples who were referred to counseling center of ...