Experiences of Mothers Receiving Donated Embryos.

Autor: Zandi M; Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Dabaghi S; Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Salimi Akinabadi A; Clinical Research Development Center, Shahid Modarres Educational Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Bagheri-Lankarani N; Reproductive Epidemiology Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran., Omani-Samani R; Department of Medical Ethics and Law, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institue for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran., Abdolmaleki M; Department of Health Care Management, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research [Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res] 2023 Sep 08; Vol. 28 (5), pp. 559-568. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 08 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.4103/ijnmr.IJNMR_462_20
Abstrakt: Background: The efficacy of Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ARTs) or technologies used to treat infertile couples has been approved. One such technique is embryo donation. However, there is insufficient knowledge of the experiences of mothers receiving donated embryos. Thus, the present study was conducted with the aim to determine the experiences of mothers receiving donated embryos.
Materials and Methods: This qualitative conventional content analysis study was conducted in 2018 for 8 months (from February to September). The research setting was Royan Institute. Mothers receiving donated embryos were selected from among those who were pregnant or were at the postpartum stage using the purposive sampling method. A total of 15 interviews were performed with 13 participants. The qualitative data were collected using deep unstructured interviews and analyzed using the Graneheim and Lundman (2004) method in (version 10; VERBI GmbH, Berlin, Germany) software.
Results: Data analysis resulted in 412 open codes that were then categorized into 7 main categories and their subcategories. The main categories were as follows: sociocultural constraint, feeling of insecurity in personal and family identity, protection of personal and family identity, confounded support, pressure and hardship, and achieving relative tranquility.
Conclusions: The results of this study showed that the mothers who underwent embryo donation experienced feelings of insecurity regarding both individual and family identities, were confronted with sociocultural difficulties, and faced various pressures. It is suggested that future care plans be focused on the identity crisis of these families and the children resulting from these methods, and that future plans balance the socioeconomic pressures resulting from the use of these methods.
Competing Interests: Nothing to declare.
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Databáze: MEDLINE