Male partners in infertile couples. Personal attitudes and contact with the Norwegian health service
| Autor: | N.B. Oldereid, Hallgeir Rui, K. Purvis |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Infertility
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject 050109 social psychology Fertility Norwegian 03 medical and health sciences Social medicine Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Referral and Consultation Infertility Male media_common Gynecology Pregnancy 030505 public health Sperm Count business.industry Norway Public health 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Homeopathy Health Services medicine.disease Spermatozoa language.human_language Sexual Partners Family medicine language Sperm Motility Insemination Artificial Heterologous Female 0305 other medical science business Attitude to Health Psychopathology |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian journal of social medicine. 18(3) |
| ISSN: | 0300-8037 |
| Popis: | The present study summarizes the results of a questionnaire sent to 312 men involved in a fertility investigation. The answers illustrate the psychological problems linked to the infertile state, indicate that men are generally well orientated about the extent of the problem and imply an increasing negative attitude to donor insemination. In the majority of cases, the infertile couples first contacted a gynecologist rather than a general practitioner or other specialist. In over one third of the cases, this contact occurred within the first 12 months of attempting to procure a pregnancy. In most cases, the male partner was already involved in the fertility investigation at the start. Approximately one fifth had at some time consulted fringe medicine (e.g. homeopathy or acupuncture). |
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