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Experiences of women undergoing assisted reproductive technology in Ghana: A qualitative analysis of their experiences
OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to explore the experiences of women undergoing Assisted Reproductive Technologies namely; Invitro Fertilization and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection at the Finney Hospital and Fertility Centre, New Bortianor, Ghana. METHOD: A qualitative research design was employed to ana...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8357082/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34379703 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255957 |
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author | Anaman-Torgbor, Judith A. Jonathan, Justice Wiston Amstrong Asare, Lily Osarfo, Bernice Attivor, Rita Bonsu, Afia Fialor, Elizabeth A. E. Tarkang, Elvis E. |
author_facet | Anaman-Torgbor, Judith A. Jonathan, Justice Wiston Amstrong Asare, Lily Osarfo, Bernice Attivor, Rita Bonsu, Afia Fialor, Elizabeth A. E. Tarkang, Elvis E. |
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description | OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to explore the experiences of women undergoing Assisted Reproductive Technologies namely; Invitro Fertilization and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection at the Finney Hospital and Fertility Centre, New Bortianor, Ghana. METHOD: A qualitative research design was employed to analyse and describe the experiences of the women seeking Assisted Reproductive Technologies. A total of 32 women were invited to take part in the interview, 15 of them accepted the invitation. However, saturation was reached before all interviews had been complete. RESULTS: Three themes emerged from the study: the women’s experiences, challenges and the roles and contributions of significant others. The women were anxious, stressed-up, exhausted and financially burdened. Spouses and health professionals played significant roles by providing social, emotional and financial support for these women. Significant others such as spouses and close relatives were supportive and provided encouragement to the women. CONCLUSION: The experiences of women undergoing Assisted Reproductive Technologies are multi-dimensional. Thus, psychosocial interventions as part of ART services with health insurance cover may be client-centered and more appropriate for these group of women. |
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spelling | pubmed-83570822021-08-12 Experiences of women undergoing assisted reproductive technology in Ghana: A qualitative analysis of their experiences Anaman-Torgbor, Judith A. Jonathan, Justice Wiston Amstrong Asare, Lily Osarfo, Bernice Attivor, Rita Bonsu, Afia Fialor, Elizabeth A. E. Tarkang, Elvis E. PLoS One Research Article OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to explore the experiences of women undergoing Assisted Reproductive Technologies namely; Invitro Fertilization and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection at the Finney Hospital and Fertility Centre, New Bortianor, Ghana. METHOD: A qualitative research design was employed to analyse and describe the experiences of the women seeking Assisted Reproductive Technologies. A total of 32 women were invited to take part in the interview, 15 of them accepted the invitation. However, saturation was reached before all interviews had been complete. RESULTS: Three themes emerged from the study: the women’s experiences, challenges and the roles and contributions of significant others. The women were anxious, stressed-up, exhausted and financially burdened. Spouses and health professionals played significant roles by providing social, emotional and financial support for these women. Significant others such as spouses and close relatives were supportive and provided encouragement to the women. CONCLUSION: The experiences of women undergoing Assisted Reproductive Technologies are multi-dimensional. Thus, psychosocial interventions as part of ART services with health insurance cover may be client-centered and more appropriate for these group of women. Public Library of Science 2021-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8357082/ /pubmed/34379703 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255957 Text en © 2021 Anaman-Torgbor et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Anaman-Torgbor, Judith A. Jonathan, Justice Wiston Amstrong Asare, Lily Osarfo, Bernice Attivor, Rita Bonsu, Afia Fialor, Elizabeth A. E. Tarkang, Elvis E. Experiences of women undergoing assisted reproductive technology in Ghana: A qualitative analysis of their experiences |
title | Experiences of women undergoing assisted reproductive technology in Ghana: A qualitative analysis of their experiences |
title_full | Experiences of women undergoing assisted reproductive technology in Ghana: A qualitative analysis of their experiences |
title_fullStr | Experiences of women undergoing assisted reproductive technology in Ghana: A qualitative analysis of their experiences |
title_full_unstemmed | Experiences of women undergoing assisted reproductive technology in Ghana: A qualitative analysis of their experiences |
title_short | Experiences of women undergoing assisted reproductive technology in Ghana: A qualitative analysis of their experiences |
title_sort | experiences of women undergoing assisted reproductive technology in ghana: a qualitative analysis of their experiences |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8357082/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34379703 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255957 |
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