dc.contributor.author | Oakley, L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Doyle, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Maconochie, N. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-14T10:01:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-09-14T10:01:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-02 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Oakley , L , Doyle , P & Maconochie , N 2008 , ' Lifetime prevalence of infertility and infertility treatment in the UK: results from a population-based survey of reproduction ' , Human Reproduction , vol. 23 , no. 2 , pp. 447-450 . https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dem369 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0268-1161 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 350150 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: bee43f91-64dc-482c-8771-413ac45c0721 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000252544300031 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 40349103557 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/6423 | |
dc.description | Original article can be found at: http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/ Copyright European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA] | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of infertility and the use of infertility treatment among women aged 40-55 years. METHODS: Population-based postal questionnaire survey of UK women. Over 60 000 women randomly sampled from the 2001 electoral roll were sent a questionnaire, and those aged 55 years and under who had ever been pregnant or tried to achieve a pregnancy (n = 6584) were asked to provide a reproductive history. RESULTS: Overall, 2.4% of women aged 40-55 years had unresolved infertility with no pregnancies, and a further 1.9% had been pregnant but not achieved a live birth. The prevalence of unresolved fertility did not differ among birth cohorts. Sixteen percent of women reported ever consulting a doctor because of infertility and 8% reported receiving treatment to conceive. Across the whole sample, 4.2% of women reported that they had achieved at least one pregnancy as a result of treatment. Compared with earlier birth cohorts, women born later were more likely to report consultations (18% versus 13%) and treatment (9% versus 6%) for infertility, and pregnancies as a result of infertility treatment (6.7% versus 2.7%). Among those who reported medical consultations, women born more recently first consulted at a later age compared with those born earlier. CONCLUSIONS: Although both the number of women seeking medical care for infertility and the proportion reporting pregnancies as a result of infertility treatment has increased, there is no evidence to support an overall increase in unresolved infertility over the past 15 years. The vast majority of women aged 40-55 who reported difficulties conceiving did have a child, or children, at some point in their lives. | en |
dc.format.extent | 4 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Human Reproduction | |
dc.subject | infertility | |
dc.subject | unresolved infertility | |
dc.subject | infertility treatment | |
dc.subject | pregnancy | |
dc.title | Lifetime prevalence of infertility and infertility treatment in the UK: results from a population-based survey of reproduction | en |
dc.contributor.institution | Health & Human Sciences Research Institute | |
dc.contributor.institution | Department of Adult Nursing and Primary Care | |
dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dem369 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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