COVID-19 in ART: Perception and Experience

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Non-urgent medical care, such as fertility treatments, has been massively postponed during the past weeks due to the COVID19 pandemic. The lockdown and the closure of IVF centers might cause anxiety and depression among infertile couples, who are already exposed to the distressing experience of infertility and for whom the wait for a baby already appears unending. Few data are available regarding the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on pregnant women and foetus, or on fertility. This study aims to assess the views of infertile couple regarding the potential risks of COVID during their fertility treatment and their personal experience of the COVID pandemic and their expectation for further treatment .

Official Title
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Assessing the Perception and the Personal Experience of the COVID19 Pandemic Among Infertile Couples Undergoing Assisted Reproductive Treatment (ART)

Conditions
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ART, COVID19, Fertility Issues

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Questionnaire


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion criteria: - Men and women who had a fertility treatment prescribed during the past 9 months in our Fertility department Exclusion criteria: Patient attending for a fertility preservation Patient attending for a preimplantation genetic testing (PGT-M or PGT-SR) Patient not fluent in French

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 60 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Infertile couple<br>Infertile couple who had a fertility treatment prescribed during the past 9 months which was not completed yet. | Other: Questionnaire<br>* Eligible patients will be selected from our electronical database and invited via email to participate.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Personal experience of the COVID19 pandemic and the discontinuation of their fertility treatment pandemic and the discontinuation | Personal experience of the COVID19 pandemic and the discontinuation of their fertility treatment, via a survey | 1 day | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Risk assessment | . Risk assessment by the patient, via a survey, regarding SARS-CoV-2 during a fertility treatment or during pregnancy. Perception of the risks linked to SARS-CoV-2 during their fertility treatment or during a pregnancy | 1 day | 
| Patients'expectations regarding the management of an abrupt closure of the fertility center | Patients'expectations regarding the management of an abrupt closure of the fertility center, via a survey | 1 day | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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fertility, risk perception, emotional experience