Depression and Anxiety Outcomes Associated with Failed Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Our study examined the psychological outcomes associated with failed ART treatment outcomes in men and women.

Search strategy

A systematic search for studies published between January 1980 and August 2015 was performed across seven electronic databases.

Inclusion criteria

Studies were included if they contained data on psychosocial outcomes taken pre and post ART treatment.

Data extraction and synthesis

A standardised form was used to extract data and was verified by two independent reviewers. Studies were meta-analysed to determine the association of depression and anxiety with ART treatment outcomes. Narrative synthesis identified factors to explain variations in the size and directions of effects and relationships explored within and between the st

SUBMITTER: Milazzo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5106043 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature