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Table 2 Internal consistency reported by FertiQoL studies with subscales

From: A review of the psychometric properties and implications for the use of the fertility quality of life tool

Authors

Sample

Emotional

Mind–Body

Relational

Social

Core

Environment

Tolerability

Treatment

Total

Scale

Total

Aarts, van Empel [33]

472 women with infertility in the Netherlands receiving medical assistance for reproduction

.84

.85

.72

.74

.91

    

Asazawa, Jitsuzaki [38]

321 men undergoing IVF in Japan

.79

.82

.62

.67

 

.75

.65

 

.89

Asazawa and Mori [39]

233 couples (N = 466) attending infertility clinics in Japan

.87

.88

.66

.75

 

.80

.79

 

.93

Balsom and Gordon [40]

230 women in the U.S. and Canada trying to conceive 12–48 months without medical intervention

.71

.85

.68

0.43

.78

    

Boivin, Takefman [15]

1305 women, 109 men with fertility difficulties in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, USA

.90

.84

.80

.75

.92

.84

.72

.81

.92

Donarelli, Lo Coco [34]

301 women, 288 men undergoing ART with primary infertility in Italy

.83

.83

.65

(F = .68)

(M = .61)

.70

     

Dural, Yasa [32]

389 women undergoing fertility treatments in Turkey

.82

.81

.73

.70

.89

   

.89

Hekmatzadeh, Bazarganipour [27]

300 women with infertility in Iran

.77

.78

.79

.77

 

.83

.79

 

.82

Kahyaoglu Sut H & Balkanli Kaplan P [31]

89 women with infertility in Turkey

.74

.81

.68

.77

.90

.69

.71

.71

.91

Maroufizadeh, Ghaheri [30] and

Maroufizadeh, Ghaheri [41]

155 women with infertility in Iran

.82

.82

.64

.750

.91

.67

.64

.69

 

Ngai and Loke [42]

135 couples (N = 270) with infertility in China

.79

.85

.60

.63

.88

    

Pedro, Frederiksen [43]

161 women and 132 men enrolled for IVF or ICSI in 3 Danish clinics

.90

.84

.80

.75

 

.84

.72

 

.92

Pedro, Canavarro [44]

265 women and 83 men undergoing evaluation or treatment for infertility in Portuguese clinics

.88

.89

.72

.78

 

.81

.75

  

Sexty, Hamadneh [45]

144 German, 126 Hungarian, 126 Jordanian new fertility patients and partners

Jordan

F = .77

M = .81

Germany

F = .79

M = .84

Hungary

F = .77

M = .67

Jordan

F = .85

M = .89

Germany

F = .81

M = .82

Hungary

F = .83

M = .80

Jordan

F = .60

M = .60

Germany

F = .64

M = .64

Hungary

F = .65

M = .67

Jordan

F = .73

M = .75

Germany

F = .75

M = .67

Hungary

F = .64

M = .61

     

Sexty, Griesinger [46]

362 women and 234 men attending a German infertility clinic

F = .83

M = .84

F = .84

M = .83

F = .70

M = .65

F = .68

M = .67

F = .89

M = .87

    

Swift, Reis [47]

230 women undergoing infertility treatments in the U.S

.83

.80

.82

.71

.89

    

Szigeti, Grevenstein [48]

320 Hungarian women with infertility

.84

.87

.77

.73

.90

    

Volpini, Mazza [49]

323 women with fertility problems in Italy

.87

.85

.70

.72

.90

.81

.71

.91

.78

Warchol-Biedermann [50]

250 men seeking first-time fertility evaluation in Poland

.88

.89

.83

.84

.86

    
  1. IVF In-vitro fertilization, ICSI Intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection, ART Assisted reproductive technology, F Female, M Male