Decision-making process of infertile men to undergo assisted reproductive technology

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25862211
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Lifelong developmental nursing
Research Institution	Niigata University of Health and Welfare
Principal Investigator	YAMAGUCHI Noriko 新潟医療福祉大学, 健康科学部, 講師 (90465469)
Project Period (FY)	2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords	男性不妊 / 生殖補助医療 / 意思決定過程 / 顕微授精 / 精巣内精子採取術 / 顕微鏡下精子採取術 / 無精子症 / ART / TESE / MD-TESE / 乏精子症 / ICSI / 意思決定 / 不妊治療
Outline of Final Research Achievements	We investigated the decision-making process of infertile men by identifying how they received a diagnosed of infertile men and why they chose ART. A qualitative-inductive approach was used to obtain in-depth information regarding the decision-making process of thirty infertile men. The average age of the men was 34.4 years; all of them had full-time employment. We found six themes emerged: they thought to semen examination【I tried semen examination without thinking because my wife had already a medical examination】【I don’t think that oneself is sterile possibly】.But when they received a diagnosed of infertility, they thought【I nothing can think about and I feel a sense to come off in the bottom】【I’m sorry for my wife】【I’m sorry for the parent of my wife】. Nevertheless【They expect to the possibility of pregnancy in their own sperm by their wife and family of support】. I suggested the importance of male infertility care.