Adherence to Infertility Treatment and Patient Centred Care Approach
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
This study was conducted in a cross-sectional descriptive type with 160 infertile women who were treated in the IVF Clinic of a university hospital between July - October 2020 in order to evaluate the effect of patient-centered care approach in infertility on treatment compliance. The data of the study were collected face to face through the "Introductory Information Form" "Patient Centered Care Form for Infertile Women" and "FertiQol Treatment Module".
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Adherence [from obtaining ethical permission to reaching sampling (approximately 6 months)]
FertiQol Treatment Module was used to evaluate adherence to treatment. This module is a sub-module within FertiQol Scale which developed by Boivin et al. (2011). Module has 10 questions about treatments physical and emotional effects. Module has two subdimensions called "Environment" and "Tolerability" and each subdimensions and total scale score can between 0-100 points.
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Patient Centred Care [from obtaining ethical permission to reaching sampling (approximately 6 months)]
Patient Centred Care Questionnaire Form for Infertile Women was used to evaluate patient centred care approach. This questionnaire was prepared by researchers according to literature (IOM, 2001; Picker, 2001).There is no scoring for this tool.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Diagnosed with infertility
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Has no commnunication problems
Exclusion Criteria:
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Communication problems (e.g language)
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Diagnosed by diseases with reproductive problems but not infertility
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Elif Balkan | İstanbul | Turkey | 34510 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Elif Balkan
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- Istanbul UC