Male infertility: what on earth is going on? Pilot international questionnaire study regarding clinical evaluation and fertility treatment for men.

ABSTRACT: Infertility is a time-consuming and exhaustive process, which disproportionally affects women. Although concerns have been raised about deficiencies in clinical evaluation of infertile men, there is currently little published data documenting this. A SurveyMonkey questionnaire was therefore created to capture current clinical practice of fertility specialists working in IVF clinics. Responses were collected May - July 2021. 112 clinicians completed the pilot survey with respondents from Europe (n=49; 43.8%), Africa (n=39, 34.8%), North America (n=6; 5.4%), Asia (n=16; 14.3%), South America (n=1; 0.9%) and Australasia (n=1;0.9%). 41% fertility specialists (45/110) reported taking only a brief medical history and 24% reported that they never routinely examined infertile male patients. 54% f

SUBMITTER: Olisa NP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9578063 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature