Feasibility and acceptability of psychosocial care for unsuccessful fertility treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Many people undergo fertility treatment to have biological children, but around four in ten patients complete all treatment cycles without having the children they desire. This triggers intense grief from which patients report taking on average 2 years to recover. Fertility guidelines and regulators stress the need to support patients through this process, but there is a scarcity of evaluated interventions to this end and evidence about when and how to offer care is lacking. This study explored patients' and healthcare professionals' (HCPs) experiences of and views about provision of psychosocial care (to patients facing unsuccessful fertility treatment, i.e., care provided by a mental health professional to address the emotional, cognitive, behavioural, relational and

SUBMITTER: Sousa-Leite M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9700180 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature