Medical and social profile of patients at the Center for Reproduction and Family Planning.
Authors:   Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University» of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moiseeva K. E. , Yuryev V. K. ,   Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University» of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Kharbediya Sh.D. ,   Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University» of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Shevtsova K. G. ,   Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University» of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Alekseeva A. V. ,   Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University» of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Kiryushina M.Yu. ,   Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University» of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Kuzmin A. N. ,   Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University» of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Published: February 2024

Purpose of the study. Assessment of medical and social characteristics of patients at the Center for Reproduction and Family Planning Materials and methods. Using a specially developed questionnaire form “Card of medical and social examination of women suffering from infertility,” an anonymous survey was conducted of 398 women whose pregnancy occurred as a result of the IVF procedure. Mathematical data processing was carried out using spreadsheets of the MS Office‑2016 application package (Word, Excel) and the statistical software package StatSoft-Statistica 10.0. Results. The majority of women receiving treatment with IVF belong to the age group of 25–34 years (43.5%), permanently reside in St. Petersburg (88.0%), are married (73.0%), have higher and unfinished higher education (53.8%), employed (84.4%), have an average or above average income (95.0%) and good living conditions (93.0%). Among the patients, 15.1% are housewives. The share of non-working partners is 4.1%. The share of entrepreneurs among women and among men is about 20.1% and 23.1, respectively. The average age of the patient is 31.00±0.03 years, while the majority of women (61.9%) were first diagnosed with infertility before the age of 30, and almost half of the women became pregnant on the first try (49.6%). The majority plan to have only one child (43.2%). Before this pregnancy, 87.0% did not have children, but in case of ineffective treatment, 40.5% of respondents did not plan or doubted the need for adoption, and only 8.5% of women attempted it. Conclusion. The established medical and social profile of women who applied for infertility treatment using ART showed significant differences from the population. When making a decision about pregnancy, the high importance of material well-being factors was revealed. Despite the availability of IVF in the metropolis, patients at the reproduction center are largely focused on having one child and do not always have a positive attitude towards the issue of adoption. Scope of the results. Development of organizational measures aimed at increasing access to medical care for women with infertility.