Table 3 Medical care pathway for infertilitya
From: Can men be trusted in population-based surveys to report couples’ medical care for infertility?
Respondent’s gender | P-Valueb | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | ||
Who used medical care for infertility in the couple | 0.12 | ||
Woman alone | 26% (19–34) | 35% (30–40) | |
Man alone | 4% (2–9) | 2% (1–6) | |
Woman and man including: | 70% (62–77) | 63% (58–68) | |
Together at the first consultation | 52% (45–60) | 38% (33–43) | |
Woman first and the man later | 17% (12–22) | 24% (20–28) | |
Man first and the woman later | 0% (0–3) | 1% (0–3) | |
Don’t know in which order | 0% (0–3) | 1% (0–2) | |
Age of the respondent at the first consultationc | 0.16 | ||
< 25 years | 8% (4–13) | 16% (12–20) | |
25–29 years | 41% (33–49) | 38% (33–43) | |
30–34 years | 33% (27–41) | 30% (25–35) | |
35–39 years | 13% (9–19) | 12% (9–17) | |
≥ 40 years | 5% (3–9) | 4% (3–8) | |
Length of couple’s infertility at the first consultation | 0.32 | ||
≤ 11 months | 42% (35–50) | 39% (35–45) | |
12 months | 21% (16–28) | 28% (24–33) | |
13 to 24 months | 26% (19–34) | 21% (17–26) | |
≥ 25 months | 10% (6–16) | 11% (8–15) | |
First doctor consulted by the respondentd | < 0.001 | ||
General practitioner | 21% (15–29) | 12% (9–16) | |
Gynecologist | 65% (56–72) | 84% (80–88) | |
Other specialty | 14% (9–21) | 4% (2–6) | |
Couple’s infertility checkupd | 0.18 | ||
None | 2% (0–7) | 4% (3–7) | |
At least one exam including: | 98% (93–100) | 96% (93–97) | |
Temperature curve | 66% (57–74) | 64% (58–69) | 0.65 |
Gynecologic examination | 94% (87–97) | 92% (89–95) | 0.62 |
Invasive female examinatione | 42% (33–51) | 45% (40–51) | 0.52 |
Post-coital test or cervical mucus | 32% (24–41) | 34% (29–39) | 0.78 |
Male genital examination | 56% (48–65) | 27% (22–32) | < 0.001 |
Sperm analysis | 86% (80–91) | 57% (52–62) | < 0.001 |
Hormonal checkup | 81% (73–88) | 64% (59–69) | < 0.001 |
Sexual transmitted infection testing | 61% (52–70) | 52% (46–57) | 0.08 |
Origin of the couple’s infertilityd | 0.12 | ||
Female | 22% (16–30) | 29% (25–34) | |
Male | 12% (7–18) | 7% (5–10) | |
Mixed (male and female) | 5% (2–10) | 3% (2–5) | |
Unspecified | 61% (53–69) | 61% (56–66) | |
First doctor supportive with respondentd | 0.83 | ||
Absolutely | 57% (48–66) | 59% (53–64) | |
Rather | 26% (19–35) | 24% (19–29) | |
No | 16% (11–24) | 18% (14–22) | |
Topic(s) covered with the respondent during medical cared | |||
Sexual life | 47% (38–55) | 54% (48–59) | 0.17 |
Different treatments of infertility | 64% (55–71) | 58% (53–63) | 0.29 |
Adverse effects of treatments | 46% (38–55) | 43% (38–48) | 0.55 |
Adoption | 18% (13–26) | 15% (12–20) | 0.44 |
None of these topics | 25% (18–33) | 21% (17–25) | 0.35 |