Exploring the lived experiences of infertility treatment and care by involuntarily childless women
| dc.contributor.author | Pedro, Athena | |
| dc.contributor.author | Faroa, Brendon D. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-22T13:46:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-22T13:46:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study explored the lived experiences of fertility treatment and care by South African women with infertility . A total of 21 women from different age and ethnic groups (age range = 26 to 41; whites = 53%, coloured = 47%) were interviewed for the study . The women responded to semi-structured interviews on their lived experiences of fertility treatment and care whilst undergoing treatment . The data were analysed using thematic analysis . Four main themes were identified in the study; including: lack of compassionate care from treatment care providers, the need for infertility clinics to integrate psychosocial support care, a need for continuing education for fertility staff, as well as financial support resourcing . Participants expressed a need for health care staff at fertility clinics to be more attentive to their emotional and psychological needs . In addition, participants perceived a need for psychosocial care as a result of the distressing nature of the treatment process . The women also felt that some health care staff lacked technical knowledge about the fertility treatments and this left them deprived of crucial information . The costly nature of fertility treatment presented as an added burden for participants . Overall, participants seemed to require a more individualised and patient centred form of fertility care. | en_US |
| dc.description.accreditation | DHET | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Pedro, A. & Faroa, B.D. (2017). Exploring the lived experiences of infertility treatment and care by involuntarily childless women. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 27(3): 267-272. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1433-0237 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2017.1321855 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/3961 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.privacy.showsubmitter | FALSE | |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_US |
| dc.rights | This is the author-version of the article published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2017.1321855 | |
| dc.status.ispeerreviewed | TRUE | |
| dc.subject | Fertility treatment | en_US |
| dc.subject | South Africa | en_US |
| dc.subject | Infertility care | en_US |
| dc.subject | Health care practitioners | en_US |
| dc.subject | Qualitative | en_US |
| dc.title | Exploring the lived experiences of infertility treatment and care by involuntarily childless women | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |