Lifestyle and fertility: the influence of stress and quality of life on female fertility

S Palomba, J Daolio, S Romeo, FA Battaglia… - Reproductive Biology …, 2018 - Springer
There is growing evidence that lifestyle choices account for the overall quality of health and
life (QoL) reflecting many potential lifestyle risks widely associated with alterations of the …

A review of the psychometric properties and implications for the use of the fertility quality of life tool

BM Woods, LA Bray, S Campbell, A Holland… - Health and Quality of …, 2023 - Springer
Objectives To analyze and synthesize the reported psychometric properties of the Fertility
Quality of Life (FertiQoL) instrument and describe its implications for use in practice and …

Disclosing mental illness information to a friend: Exploring how the disclosure decision-making model informs strategy selection

MK Venetis, S Chernichky-Karcher… - Health …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Within the context of mental illness disclosure between friends, this study tested the
disclosure decision-making model (DD-MM; Greene, 2009) to comprehensively investigate …

Self-disclosure and received social support among women experiencing infertility on reddit: A natural language processing approach

W Zou, L Tang, M Zhou, X Zhang - Computers in Human Behavior, 2024 - Elsevier
The intricate interplay between self-disclosure strategies and the social support received
has garnered limited scholarly attention. Guided by communication privacy management …

Fertility quality of life tool: update on research and practice considerations

E Koert, J Takefman, J Boivin - Human Fertility, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The 36-item Fertility Quality of Life (FertiQoL) tool is increasingly used in research
and practice. It measures quality of life in four personal domains (emotional, social …

Language use in online support provision: the impact of others' supportive messages, support-seeking strategy, and channel publicness

Y Zhou, AC High - Journal of Computer-Mediated …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
People benefit from high-quality supportive messages online, yet the production of these
messages is a complex process that is shaped by multiple factors. As informed by the lens …

Factors underlying engagement in Facebook support groups of female infertility patients

T Gazit, Y Amichai-Hamburger - Psychological Reports, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Women dealing with infertility issues may well undergo a long process of treatments and
they are also likely to feel empty, defective, inadequate and worthless. Some of these …

Investigating the relationships among stressors, stress level, and mental symptoms for infertile patients: A structural equation modeling approach

JY Wang, YS Li, JD Chen, WM Liang, TC Yang… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Objective Patients with infertility are a high risk group in depression and anxiety. However,
an existing theoretically and empirically validated model of stressors, stress, and mental …

“Anyone free to chat?” Using technological features to elicit quality support online

LJ Youngvorst, AC High - Communication monographs, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines how support seekers can integrate verbal and nonverbal cues in social
network sites (SNSs) to elicit quality support from others. Building from sensitive interaction …

Experiences of women with male factor infertility under in vitro fertilization

M Kim, SJ Yi, JE Hong - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Purpose: This study attempts to explore the experiences of infertility among women with
male factor infertility. Methods: From April to July 2018, nine women with experience of male …