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Hum. Reprod. Advance Access originally published online on June 27, 2007
Human Reproduction 2007 22(9):2559-2565; doi:10.1093/humrep/dem189
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

The psychological influence of gender infertility diagnoses among men about to start IVF or ICSI treatment using their own sperm

H. Holter1,3, L. Anderheim1, C. Bergh1 and A. Möller2

1 Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Sahlgrenska, Institution of Clinical Sciences, Göteborg University, SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden 2 Nordic School of Public Health, PO Box 12133, SE-402 42 Göteborg, Sweden

3 Correspondence address. Tel: +46 31 3422839; Fax: +46 31 418717; E-mail: herborg.holter{at}vgregion.se

BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to investigate the psychological influence of gender infertility diagnoses among men in couples about to start their first IVF or ICSI treatment.

METHODS: The study was a part of a prospective study of 65 men with male infertility diagnosis and 101 men in couples with female, mixed and unexplained infertility diagnoses. Of the 200 men invited, 166 agreed to participate (83% response rate). The men answered questionnaires concerning psychological and social factors on three occasions, at the information meeting held 2–4 weeks prior to first treatment, 1 h before oocyte retrieval and 2 weeks after the pregnancy test.

RESULTS: The main findings of this study gave no indication that male infertility influenced men negatively concerning their experience of infertility, view of life and relationships and psychological well-being. We found that men with a male factor infertility diagnosis reacted in a similar way as compared with men in couples where the diagnosis was female, mixed or unexplained infertility.

CONCLUSIONS: In general, men are well adjusted with regard to a first IVF/ICSI treatment cycle, independent of gender infertility diagnoses.

Key words: infertility/male factor/men/IVF/ICSI/psychological well-being

Submitted on March 16, 2007; resubmitted on May 22, 2007; accepted on May 29, 2007.


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