Reka Sexty

University of Graz | KFU Graz · Institute of Psychology

Infertility patients, often in high distress, are entitled to being informed about their mental status compared to normative data. The objective of this study was to revalidate and test the accuracy of the SCREENIVF, a self-reported tool for screening psychological maladjustment in the assisted reproduction context. A cross-sectional, questionnaire...

Background This study evaluates changes in the neonatal morbidity, the neonatal care practices, and the length of hospital stay of surviving very preterm (VP) infants born in the Netherlands in the 1980s and in the 2000s; a period over which historical improvements were introduced into neonatal care. We, herein, also study whether these changes in...

Quality-of-life measurement is a basic prerequisite for psychologically sensitive fertility care and the FertiQoL is a psychometrically sound outcome measure in this field. The aim of the present research was to investigate the reliability and validity of the Hungarian Core FertiQoL. Two independent samples of infertile women were merged (n ¼ 320)....

Background FertiQoL is a questionnaire internationally developed to measure fertility-specific quality of life. It has been validated with infertile populations in many countries and used in several studies focusing on the psychosocial consequences of infertility in Europe, Asia, and North America. Methods Over a period of two years, 596 infertile...

Background Infertility is often associated with a chronic state of stress which may manifest itself in anxiety-related and depressive symptoms. The aim of our study is to assess the psychological state of women with and without fertility problems, and to investigate the background factors of anxiety-related and depressive symptoms in women struggli...

STUDY QUESTION Goal of this qualitative study was the analysis of multiple reasons of men and women for using or refusing ‘social oocyte freezing’. SUMMARY ANSWER Participants reported a wide spectrum of attitudes toward ‘social oocyte freezing’, with distinct misjudgment regarding fertility decline and men being much more critical than women. WHAT...

Introduction The tendency to delay parenthood is increasing. It is partly driven by the availability of early reproductive technologies such as social oocyte freezing, the cryopreservation of oocytes for non-medical purposes. The goal of this study was to investigate relationships between attitudes towards social oocyte freezing and different socio...

Der Trend zu späten Elternschaft wird durch die Möglichkeit von (frühzeitigen) reproduktionsmedizinische Techniken zur Planung einer Elternschaft in der Zukunft weiter angetrieben. Social Freezing bezieht sich dabei auf die Entnahme und Einfrierung von Eizellen aus nicht-medizinischen Gründen zur möglichen künstlichen Befruchtung zu einem späteren...

Der Trend zu späten Elternschaft wird durch die Möglichkeit von (frühzeitigen) reproduktionsmedizinische Techniken zur Planung einer Elternschaft in der Zukunft weiter angetrieben. Social Freezing bezieht sich dabei auf die Entnahme und Einfrierung von Eizellen aus nicht-medizinischen Gründen zur möglichen künstlichen Befruchtung zu einem späteren...

STUDY QUESTION Goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between fertility knowledge and attitudes towards ‘social egg freezing’ as an impact of different socio-cultural backgrounds (‘milieus’) in Germany. SUMMARY ANSWER There are distinct differences between attitudes toward ‘social egg freezing’ and socio-cultural backgrounds, age co...

Objective. KOLLAR method is a learning and teaching promoting method that frames the generally missing elements into education. The word is an acronym namely KO is for Keys of Originality, L is for Learning, L is for Lecturing, A is for Application of social media, and R is for Relaxation. The aim of the cross-sectional study was the assessment of...

Einleitung: Die fertilitatsbezogene Lebensqualitat ist bei ungewollt kinderlosen Frauen und Mannern beeintrachtigt. Die Veranderungen in den emotionalen, psychosomatischen, paar- und sozialbezogenen Bereichen der Lebensqualitat konnen mit unterschiedlichen soziodemographischen Merkmalen zusammenhangen. Methoden: 362 Frauen in Kinderwunschzentren in...

Einleitung: Der Trend zu späten Elternschaft wird durch die Möglichkeit von (frühzeitigen) reproduktionsmedizinische Techniken zur Planung einer Elternschaft in der Zukunft weiter angetrieben. Social Freezing bezieht sich dabei auf die Entnahme und Einfrierung von Eizellen aus nicht-medizinischen Gründen zur möglichen künstlichen Befruchtung zu ein...

Background Only a few studies have reported cross-cultural comparisons regarding psychosocial consequences of infertility. Differences between societies with different cultural backgrounds were revealed and seemed to be based on the importance of pronatalism. Our aim was to measure cross-cultural differences in fertility specific quality of life of...

Introduction: Involuntary childnessness is a paranormative crisis for couples who react with depressive and anxious symptoms to infertility. Depressive symptoms correlate with infertility-related distress and fertility specific quality of life. At the same time, depression effects not only the personal, but also the partner's psychological adjustm...

The effectiveness of fertility treatments is influenced by the health care professionals' knowledge regarding infertility as well as their empathy. The aim of the study was to examine infertility-related knowledge and perceptions of emotional and mind/body consequences of infertility among medical students. A questionnaire design was used. Data wer...

Introduction: As gender role attitudes and the evaluation of parenthood and childlessness have subtle variations in each society, cross-country studies focusing on infertility are needed to draw a complex picture in the psychosocial context of infertility. This study investigates similarities and differences between German and Hungarian in-fertile...

Introduction: Experiencing involuntary childlessness has a great impact on couples' quality of life. Aim: The aim of the authors was to examine the correlations among infertility-specific quality of life and depression on the level of individuals and couples. Method: 126 couples in five fertility centers in Hungary filled out the FertiQoL and...

The aim of the study is to investigate the infertility-related stress in a Hungarian infertile population and examine the effects of gender roles, child wish motives, subjective well-being, and marital relationship on the experience of infertility according to our self-constructed conceptual framework. METHODS: Validated self-report questionnaires...