Calidad de vida de parejas infértiles en el sector público de Chile

Background It is widely known that infertility and its treatment have a negative impact on patients’ well-being, yet not much is known about patients’ satisfaction with the quality of reproductive care. Purpose To assess the quality of life (QoL) of patients receiving medical c...

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Autores principales:	Furman,Irene, Charlin,Ventura
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2017
Materias:	Chile Hospitals, Public Infertility Quality of Life Reproductive Medicine Reproductive Health Services
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720170011013782018-04-06Calidad de vida de parejas infértiles en el sector público de ChileFurman,IreneCharlin,Ventura Chile Hospitals, Public Infertility Quality of Life Reproductive Medicine Reproductive Health Services Background It is widely known that infertility and its treatment have a negative impact on patients’ well-being, yet not much is known about patients’ satisfaction with the quality of reproductive care. Purpose To assess the quality of life (QoL) of patients receiving medical care under the Chilean public health system. Materials and Methods The FertiQoL international questionnaire was applied to 260 patients (both sexes) referred from rural and urban areas to undergo in vitro fertilization at a major university public hospital. FertiQol evaluates QoL as a product of psychosocial well-being and treatment experience. Demographic and reproductive data were collected. Results QoL due to treatment factors was significantly lower than psychosocial well-being. Couples from lower-density areas showed markedly worse medical satisfaction than patients treated in Chile's capital. No effects on QoL were observed as a function of age, education, or type of infertility. QoL was mostly affected by duration of infertility (inverse association) and geographical zone. Marital satisfaction was the component that most contributed to personal well-being. Conclusions QoL decreased more due to extrinsic factors, particularly lack of access to reproductive care, poor organization of medical services, and deficient clinical interaction, than due to psychosocial distress. These findings call for a revision of the delivery of public fertility care to satisfy patients’ needs and improve their QoL.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.145 n.11 20172017-11-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872017001101378es10.4067/s0034-98872017001101378
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topic	Chile Hospitals, Public Infertility Quality of Life Reproductive Medicine Reproductive Health Services
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description	Background It is widely known that infertility and its treatment have a negative impact on patients’ well-being, yet not much is known about patients’ satisfaction with the quality of reproductive care. Purpose To assess the quality of life (QoL) of patients receiving medical care under the Chilean public health system. Materials and Methods The FertiQoL international questionnaire was applied to 260 patients (both sexes) referred from rural and urban areas to undergo in vitro fertilization at a major university public hospital. FertiQol evaluates QoL as a product of psychosocial well-being and treatment experience. Demographic and reproductive data were collected. Results QoL due to treatment factors was significantly lower than psychosocial well-being. Couples from lower-density areas showed markedly worse medical satisfaction than patients treated in Chile's capital. No effects on QoL were observed as a function of age, education, or type of infertility. QoL was mostly affected by duration of infertility (inverse association) and geographical zone. Marital satisfaction was the component that most contributed to personal well-being. Conclusions QoL decreased more due to extrinsic factors, particularly lack of access to reproductive care, poor organization of medical services, and deficient clinical interaction, than due to psychosocial distress. These findings call for a revision of the delivery of public fertility care to satisfy patients’ needs and improve their QoL.
author	Furman,Irene Charlin,Ventura
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title	Calidad de vida de parejas infértiles en el sector público de Chile
title_short	Calidad de vida de parejas infértiles en el sector público de Chile
title_full	Calidad de vida de parejas infértiles en el sector público de Chile
title_fullStr	Calidad de vida de parejas infértiles en el sector público de Chile
title_full_unstemmed	Calidad de vida de parejas infértiles en el sector público de Chile
title_sort	calidad de vida de parejas infértiles en el sector público de chile
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2017
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Calidad de vida de parejas infértiles en el sector público de Chile

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