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Reproductive medical providers’ behaviors, considerations, and plans for fertility treatments during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Japan: A nationwide web‐based survey

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to investigate how the COVID‐19 pandemic has impacted reproductive medical providers’ behaviors and considerations, including their concerns regarding the necessity of fertility treatments. METHODS: A web‐based questionnaire was distributed to Japan Society of Ferti...

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Autores principales: Ota, Kuniaki, Tsutsumi, Osamu, Mitani, Tasuku, Morimoto, Yoshiharu, Tanaka, Atsushi, Osuga, Yutaka, Takahashi, Toshifumi, Hosoi, Yoshihiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8022095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33850445
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rmb2.12372
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author Ota, Kuniaki
Tsutsumi, Osamu
Mitani, Tasuku
Morimoto, Yoshiharu
Tanaka, Atsushi
Osuga, Yutaka
Takahashi, Toshifumi
Hosoi, Yoshihiko
author_facet Ota, Kuniaki
Tsutsumi, Osamu
Mitani, Tasuku
Morimoto, Yoshiharu
Tanaka, Atsushi
Osuga, Yutaka
Takahashi, Toshifumi
Hosoi, Yoshihiko
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description PURPOSE: This study was conducted to investigate how the COVID‐19 pandemic has impacted reproductive medical providers’ behaviors and considerations, including their concerns regarding the necessity of fertility treatments. METHODS: A web‐based questionnaire was distributed to Japan Society of Fertilization and Implantation (JSFI) members from May 18 through May 31, 2020 to survey their professional behaviors and concerns during the COVID‐19 pandemic. RESULTS: Most survey participants reported a decrease in the number of patients and a decrease in their workload. Most also believe that the use of fertility treatments will return to the pre‐pandemic levels after the COVID‐19 pandemic ends. Additionally, more than half of the participants reported that they consider fertility treatment neither necessary nor unnecessary during the COVID‐19 pandemic. CONCLUSIONS: At the institute where reproductive medical providers worked in Japan, the number of outpatients and the working time tended to decrease during the COVID‐19 pandemic. However, amid fears of infection during the COVID‐19 pandemic, the reproductive medical providers working at fertility institutes in Japan have remained engaged in their work with a sense of mission and hope.
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spelling pubmed-80220952021-04-12 Reproductive medical providers’ behaviors, considerations, and plans for fertility treatments during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Japan: A nationwide web‐based survey Ota, Kuniaki Tsutsumi, Osamu Mitani, Tasuku Morimoto, Yoshiharu Tanaka, Atsushi Osuga, Yutaka Takahashi, Toshifumi Hosoi, Yoshihiko Reprod Med Biol Special Report PURPOSE: This study was conducted to investigate how the COVID‐19 pandemic has impacted reproductive medical providers’ behaviors and considerations, including their concerns regarding the necessity of fertility treatments. METHODS: A web‐based questionnaire was distributed to Japan Society of Fertilization and Implantation (JSFI) members from May 18 through May 31, 2020 to survey their professional behaviors and concerns during the COVID‐19 pandemic. RESULTS: Most survey participants reported a decrease in the number of patients and a decrease in their workload. Most also believe that the use of fertility treatments will return to the pre‐pandemic levels after the COVID‐19 pandemic ends. Additionally, more than half of the participants reported that they consider fertility treatment neither necessary nor unnecessary during the COVID‐19 pandemic. CONCLUSIONS: At the institute where reproductive medical providers worked in Japan, the number of outpatients and the working time tended to decrease during the COVID‐19 pandemic. However, amid fears of infection during the COVID‐19 pandemic, the reproductive medical providers working at fertility institutes in Japan have remained engaged in their work with a sense of mission and hope. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8022095/ /pubmed/33850445 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rmb2.12372 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Reproductive Medicine and Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Society for Reproductive Medicine. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ota, Kuniaki
Tsutsumi, Osamu
Mitani, Tasuku
Morimoto, Yoshiharu
Tanaka, Atsushi
Osuga, Yutaka
Takahashi, Toshifumi
Hosoi, Yoshihiko
Reproductive medical providers’ behaviors, considerations, and plans for fertility treatments during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Japan: A nationwide web‐based survey
title Reproductive medical providers’ behaviors, considerations, and plans for fertility treatments during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Japan: A nationwide web‐based survey
title_full Reproductive medical providers’ behaviors, considerations, and plans for fertility treatments during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Japan: A nationwide web‐based survey
title_fullStr Reproductive medical providers’ behaviors, considerations, and plans for fertility treatments during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Japan: A nationwide web‐based survey
title_full_unstemmed Reproductive medical providers’ behaviors, considerations, and plans for fertility treatments during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Japan: A nationwide web‐based survey
title_short Reproductive medical providers’ behaviors, considerations, and plans for fertility treatments during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Japan: A nationwide web‐based survey
title_sort reproductive medical providers’ behaviors, considerations, and plans for fertility treatments during the covid‐19 pandemic in japan: a nationwide web‐based survey
topic Special Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8022095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33850445
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rmb2.12372
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