P –501 Deep in the Maze: The psychosocial trajectory and decision making of Women with recurrent implantation failure of IVF

AbstractStudy questionTo understand the psychosocial trajectory of Chinese women who have experienced recurrent implantation failure (RIF) of IVF and their decision making accordingly.Summary answerChinese women experience despair, doubt, and disorientation along with the cumulative failure cycles of IVF, and stick to IVF as the ultimate option.What is known alreadyRecurrent implantation failure, the absence of implantation after repeated embryo transfers is a stressful event for people undergoing treatment for infertility. Numerous researches have focused on the psychological wellness of women undertaking IVF, but pay less attention to the subgroup who have undergone repeated failures. Current studies have shown that women after repeated unsuccessful IVF might endure anxiety, depression, and other psychosocial distress; however, the feelings brought by the different times of failure are unlike, and these experiences will affect their treatment decisions accordingly, which is rarely studied.Study design, size, durationSemi-structured interview was adopted with sixteen Chinese women from March 2020 to July 2020. The interview lasted 90  minutes. A follow-up survey was conducted three months after the interview. Driven by grounded theory, data is analyzed by thematic analysis.Participants/materials, setting, methodsConvenience sampling was used to recruit female participants who have failed to achieve clinical pregnancy after two consecutive cycles of fresh or frozen IVF embr...
Source: Human Reproduction - Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research