Considerations on optimizing the patient experience during assisted reproductive technology treatment: a qualitative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To study the structural and human factors that negatively and positively influence the patient experience during assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment.

Design

Qualitative study involving 15 patients who had previously undergone ART, interviewed between August and October 2022. Consented participants underwent semistructured interviews. Transcripts were coded through the constant comparative method, and reflexive thematic analysis was performed to identify predominant themes.

Subjects

Individuals who underwent ART between January 2017 and April 2022.

Exposure

Assisted reproductive technology with transfer of at least one embryo.

Main outcome measures

Factors positively and negatively influencing the patient experience.

Results

SUBMITTER: Li A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11973804 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature