| Reasons for dropping out from a waiting list for in vitro fertilization. | |
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PMID: 19896662 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of couples dropping out of the in vitro fertilization (IVF) waiting list and to describe the couples' reasons. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Fertility center in an academic hospital. PATIENT(S): 674 women placed consecutively on the IVF waiting list between June 2000 and July 2003. INTERVENTION(S): None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Number of dropouts and reasons for dropping out. RESULT(S): Follow-up information was collected in 2005 and 2008. Of the 674 couples on the waiting list, 87% started IVF, and 13% dropped out before starting their first IVF cycle. Follow-up data were obtained for 85 of 86 patients (98.8%): 37% dropped out because of spontaneous pregnancy, 36% for personal reasons (passive censoring), and 27% for medical reasons (active censoring). Most of the pregnancies occurred within 3 months after the patient had been placed on the waiting list (30 of 32, 94%). Of the 54 censored couples, four became pregnant. CONCLUSION(S): On a 6-month waiting list for IVF, 13% of the couples dropped out before starting treatment. The single most important reason for dropout was (spontaneous) pregnancy. Most of these pregnancies occurred within 3 months, which suggests that psychological factors such as stress relief after being placed on the waiting list might be operative. |
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Authors:
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Angelique J C M van Dongen; Tamara E M Verhagen; John C M Dumoulin; Jolande A Land; Johannes L H Evers |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-11-06 |
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Title: Fertility and sterility Volume: 94 ISSN: 1556-5653 ISO Abbreviation: Fertil. Steril. Publication Date: 2010 Oct |
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Created Date: 2010-09-27 Completed Date: 2010-11-03 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372772 Medline TA: Fertil Steril Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1713-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2010 American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, GROW, School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands. ajcmvandongen@gmail.com |
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Adult Female Fertilization in Vitro / psychology* Humans Incidence Netherlands Patient Acceptance of Health Care / psychology*, statistics & numerical data Patient Compliance / psychology*, statistics & numerical data Pregnancy Pregnancy Rate Retrospective Studies Stress, Psychological / epidemiology Waiting Lists* |
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