Outcome of assisted reproductive technology (ART) and subsequent self-reported life satisfaction

Objective: To compare life satisfaction between women with successful or unsuccessful outcome after assisted reproductive treatment (ART) by taking into account the time since the last ART. Design: Cohort study. Setting: Tertiary hospital. Patients: A total of 987 consecutive women who had undergone ART during 1996–2007 were invited and altogether 505 women participated in the study. Interventions: A postal enquiry with a life satisfaction scale. Main Outcome Measure: Self-reported life satisfaction in respect to the time since the last ART. Results: In general, women who achieved a live birth after ART had a significantly higher life satisfaction than those who had unsuccessful ART, especially when compared in the first three years. The difference disappeared in the time period of 6–9 years after ART. The unsuccessfully treated women who had a child by some other means before or after the unsuccessful ART had comparable life satisfaction with successfully treated women even earlier. Co...

研究目标：纳入末次辅助生殖技术（Assisted Reproductive Treatment, ART）后的时间跨度因素，对比辅助生殖技术结局成功与失败的女性的生活满意度水平。研究设计：队列研究。研究地点：三级医院。研究对象：共招募1996年至2007年间接受辅助生殖技术的连续入组女性987名，最终有505名女性参与本研究。干预措施：通过邮寄问卷的方式，采用生活满意度量表开展调查。主要结局指标：基于末次辅助生殖技术后的时间间隔，评估受试者自我报告的生活满意度。研究结果：总体而言，辅助生殖技术后获得活产的女性，其生活满意度显著高于ART结局失败的女性，该差异在术后前三年尤为明显；在ART术后6~9年时，该差异不复存在。若ART失败的女性在ART治疗前后通过其他途径孕育了子女，则其生活满意度可与ART成功的女性相当，且这一情况出现得更早。Co...