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Abstract
Objective: The objective of this review is to identify and synthesize the best available evidence on the experiences of adults participating in infertility support groups to understand the value of support groups for this population.
Introduction: Infertility can impact a person physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually and financially. Infertility support groups may represent a beneficial tool that these adults can utilize to improve their quality of life. The findings may inform or promote more effective and appropriate health care and, based on the results, a change in the standard of care for the treatment of infertility.
Inclusion criteria: This review will consider studies that include infertile women, men and couples of any age, race or marital status, in any geographic region and with any co-morbidity who participate in infertility support groups. Studies published in English that focus on qualitative data, without any restriction of year of publication, will be considered. This review will consider studies that utilize any media of material for infertility support groups.
Methods: The key information sources to be searched are: CINAHL, PubMed, PsycINFO, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, Scopus, MedNar and ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. A three-step search strategy will be undertaken to find both published and unpublished studies and will include searching of reference lists within articles selected for critical appraisal. Each of the included studies will be assessed for methodological quality independently by two reviewers, and findings will be extracted and synthesized.
目的:本综述的目的是识别和综合有关参加不孕症支持小组的成年人经验的最佳现有证据,以了解支持小组对这一人群的价值。不孕不育会影响一个人的身体、精神、情感、精神和经济。不孕症支持小组可能是一个有益的工具,这些成年人可以利用它来提高他们的生活质量。研究结果可能为更有效和适当的卫生保健提供信息或促进,并根据研究结果改变治疗不孕症的护理标准。纳入标准:本综述将纳入研究,包括不孕妇女、男性和任何年龄、种族或婚姻状况的夫妇,在任何地理区域,并有任何合并症参加不孕症支持小组。以英文发表的专注于定性数据,不受出版年份限制的研究将被考虑。本综述将考虑不育支持团体使用任何介质材料的研究。方法:检索主要信息源为:CINAHL、PubMed、PsycINFO、Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection、Scopus、MedNar和ProQuest。将采取三步搜索战略,查找已发表和未发表的研究,并将包括在为进行批判性评价而选定的文章中搜索参考文献清单。每项纳入的研究都将由两名审稿人独立评估方法学质量,并提取和综合研究结果。