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Do infertile women and their partners have equal experiences with fertility care?
Aleida G Huppelschoten1, Noortje T L van Duijnhoven, Peter F J van Bommel
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Objective:
To study the possible differences between women and their partners' experiences with patient-centered fertility care.
Design:
A cross-sectional study.
Setting:
Thirty-two Dutch fertility clinics.
Patient(S):
A total of 1,620 infertile women and their partners, under treatment in one of the participating clinics, were randomly selected to participate in this study.
Intervention(S):
None.
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Level of patient-centeredness, measured with the validated Patient-Centeredness Questionnaire-Infertility questionnaire (PCQ-Infertility).
Result(S):
Questionnaires from 696 women and 520 partners were analyzed. No significant difference in PCQ-Infertility total score was found between women and their partners. The partners scored significantly higher on the subscales "respect for patients values" and "staff's competence" compared with the women.
Conclusion(S):
Patients' experiences with fertility care are only slightly different between women and their partners. This can be valuable in the process of improvement of patient-centered fertility care, one of the core dimensions of quality of care.
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