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Second Edition: Causes and Psychological Impact of Infertility

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 1898

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Artur Wdowiak

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Diagnostic Techniques Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, 20-081 Lublin, Poland
Interests: infertility; embryo development; lifestyle pregnancy; epigenetic effects
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Dear Colleagues,

Epidemiological data show that human reproductive disorders are a common problem worldwide, and they concern almost 20% of couples of reproductive age. Therefore, infertility has been considered by the World Health Organization as a social disease, which constitutes a great problem from the aspect of public health. Reproductive problems can lead to challenging situations in which women experience a high level of stress and emotional disorders. Women who have difficulty conceiving experience emotional disorders at twice the rate of those who are fertile. The previous attempts to isolate single cause–effect relationships between stress and infertility have so far been unsuccessful because of their multi-dimensional etiology. An attempt to solve this problem will be undertaken in this Special Issue. I would, therefore, appreciate it if you considered contributing a suitable article for publication.

Prof. Dr. Artur Wdowiak
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • infertility, anxiety
  • depression
  • distress
  • psychosocial factors
  • quality of life

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Psychosocial Impact of Infertility Diagnosis and Conformity to Gender Norms on the Quality of Life of Infertile Spanish Couples
by Lidia Bueno-Sánchez, Tamara Alhambra-Borrás, Alfonso Gallego-Valadés and Jorge Garcés-Ferrer
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(2), 158; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21020158 - 30 Jan 2024
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Epidemiological data show that human reproductive disorders are a common problem worldwide, affecting almost one in six people of reproductive age. As a result, infertility has been identified by the World Health Organization as a public health disease. Reproductive problems can take a [...] Read more.
Epidemiological data show that human reproductive disorders are a common problem worldwide, affecting almost one in six people of reproductive age. As a result, infertility has been identified by the World Health Organization as a public health disease. Reproductive problems can take a heavy toll on the psychosocial well-being of couples suffering from infertility. This is especially true for women, who tend to be the ones who undergo the most treatment. The main objective of the present study is to find out whether a sex-based infertility diagnosis influences the quality of life of couples with infertility. Also, we aim to find out whether the degree of adherence to gender norms influences their quality of life. A cross-sectional study was conducted using the Fertility Quality of Life Questionnaire (FertiQoL) and the Conformity to Feminine and Masculine Norms Inventories in a sample of 219 infertile Spanish couples (438 participants). The results show that, in all cases, regardless of the degree of conformity to gender norms and whether the infertility diagnosis was of female or male origin, women have lower scores on the self-perceived quality of life. This suggests that being female is already a psychosocial risk factor when assessing the psychosocial consequences of infertility. Full article
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