Who is at risk of emotional problems and how do you know? Screening of women going for IVF treatment

CM Verhaak, AME Lintsen, AWM Evers… - Human …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Fertility problems are accompanied by a lot of emotional distress, resulting
in a considerable proportion of female patients showing severe maladjustment after assisted …

A longitudinal, prospective study on emotional adjustment before, during and after consecutive fertility treatment cycles

CM Verhaak, JMJ Smeenk, A Van Minnen… - Human …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND: A longitudinal study into the course of the emotional response to IVF from
pre-treatment to 6 months post-treatment and factors that contributed to that course …

Predictors of psychological distress in patients starting IVF treatment: infertility-specific versus general psychological characteristics

U Van den Broeck, T D'Hooghe, P Enzlin… - Human …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND The distress that couples experience in IVF treatment is well-documented
though research exploring factors that might contribute to the distress is scarce and the role …

[HTML][HTML] Psychological distress and in vitro fertilization outcome

LA Pasch, SE Gregorich, PK Katz, SG Millstein… - Fertility and sterility, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether psychological distress predicts IVF treatment outcome as
well as whether IVF treatment outcome predicts subsequent psychological distress …

Are patients at risk for psychological maladjustment during fertility treatment less willing to comply with treatment? Results from the Portuguese validation of the …

V Lopes, MC Canavarro, CM Verhaak… - Human …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION Do patients at risk for psychological maladjustment during fertility
treatment present lower intentions to comply with recommended treatment than patients not …

Women's emotional adjustment to IVF: a systematic review of 25 years of research

CM Verhaak, JMJ Smeenk, AWM Evers… - Human reproduction …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
This review provides an overview of how women adjust emotionally to the various phases of
IVF treatment in terms of anxiety, depression or general distress before, during and after …

Psychological assessment and follow-up after in vitro fertilization: assessing the impact of failure

CR Newton, MT Hearn, AA Yuzpe - Fertility and sterility, 1990 - Elsevier
The present study was conducted to assess the immediate psychological impact of failed in
vitro fertilization (IVF). Emotional status and marital functioning were also examined pre-IVF …

A study on psychological strain in IVF patients

B Seok Kee, BJ Jung, SH Lee - Journal of assisted reproduction and …, 2000 - Springer
Purpose: The objectives of this study were to compareaverage stress levels in infertile
women to fertile women, todetermine the stress levels whether the patients was pregnantor …

Long-term psychological adjustment to IVF/ICSI treatment in women

CM Verhaak, JMJ Smeenk, MJ Nahuis… - Human …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to gain more insight into long-term psychological
adjustment to IVF in women. METHODS: In a prospective cohort study, 298 women entering …

The effect of anxiety and depression on the outcome of in-vitro fertilization

JMJ Smeenk, CM Verhaak, A Eugster… - Human …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND: The study aim was to clarify the role of anxiety and depression on the
outcome in assisted reproductive treatment. Previous studies on this topic have shown …