Dignity-based care and infertility treatment: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The treatment of infertile people is generally time-consuming and requires frequent and long-term visits and providing dignity-based services. Due to the different perceptions and experiences of people and the lack of a specific study to explain the concept of dignity-based care, this study aimed to explain the concept and dimensions of dignity-based care in infertility treatment services.

Methods

This was a qualitative study with a conventional content analysis approach. Fifty participants (20 infertile women, 16 infertile men, and 14 key informants) were recruited using a purposive sampling method from an educational center of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences and a private infertility center in Mazandaran -Iran in 2023. Sampling was continued until da

SUBMITTER: Kiani Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12578147 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature