Insights Into the Expectations of Infertile Men Regarding Multidisciplinary Reproductive Health Services

IF 3 3区医学 Q2 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

Health Expectations Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI:10.1111/hex.70327

Mehrdad Abdullahzadeh, Zohreh Vanaki, Eesa Mohammadi, Jamileh Mohtashami

{"title":"Insights Into the Expectations of Infertile Men Regarding Multidisciplinary Reproductive Health Services","authors":"Mehrdad Abdullahzadeh, Zohreh Vanaki, Eesa Mohammadi, Jamileh Mohtashami","doi":"10.1111/hex.70327","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div>\n \n \n <section>\n \n <h3> Aim</h3>\n \n <p>This qualitative study sheds light on the expectations of infertile men regarding reproductive health services.</p>\n </section>\n \n <section>\n \n <h3> Design</h3>\n \n <p>This descriptive qualitative study employed an inductive content analysis approach.</p>\n </section>\n \n <section>\n \n <h3> Methods</h3>\n \n <p>In 2023, nurse researchers conducted in-depth interviews with 13 men with primary infertility using a semi-structured approach. The collected data were analysed using Graneheim and Lundman's inductive content analysis method, adhering to Guba and Lincoln's standards to ensure trustworthiness.</p>\n </section>\n \n <section>\n \n <h3> Results</h3>\n \n <p>The analysis identified the central theme, ‘Male Infertility: Awareness, Support and Participation,’ as well as three categories: Male Infertility Awareness, which involves spreading the word in various ways; Male Infertility Support, encompassing all professional expertise; and Male Infertility Programme, which involves couples' joint participation in treatment.</p>\n </section>\n \n <section>\n \n <h3> Conclusions</h3>\n \n <p>Men seeking reproductive health services necessitate a comprehensive treatment approach involving education, consultations with specialists and couple-centred care. This finding highlights the importance of multidisciplinary reproductive health services, which can help healthcare providers, nurses and policymakers enhance the quality of care for men and couples with male infertility. Adopting a multifaceted approach incorporating nursing skills and competencies can promote more inclusive and culturally sensitive patient-centred care in reproductive health services.</p>\n </section>\n \n <section>\n \n <h3> Patient or Public Contribution</h3>\n \n <p>Individuals with lived experiences analysed and interpreted data.</p>\n </section>\n </div>","PeriodicalId":55070,"journal":{"name":"Health Expectations","volume":"28 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/hex.70327","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Health Expectations","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hex.70327","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Aim

This qualitative study sheds light on the expectations of infertile men regarding reproductive health services.

Design

This descriptive qualitative study employed an inductive content analysis approach.

Methods

In 2023, nurse researchers conducted in-depth interviews with 13 men with primary infertility using a semi-structured approach. The collected data were analysed using Graneheim and Lundman's inductive content analysis method, adhering to Guba and Lincoln's standards to ensure trustworthiness.

Results

The analysis identified the central theme, ‘Male Infertility: Awareness, Support and Participation,’ as well as three categories: Male Infertility Awareness, which involves spreading the word in various ways; Male Infertility Support, encompassing all professional expertise; and Male Infertility Programme, which involves couples' joint participation in treatment.

Conclusions

Men seeking reproductive health services necessitate a comprehensive treatment approach involving education, consultations with specialists and couple-centred care. This finding highlights the importance of multidisciplinary reproductive health services, which can help healthcare providers, nurses and policymakers enhance the quality of care for men and couples with male infertility. Adopting a multifaceted approach incorporating nursing skills and competencies can promote more inclusive and culturally sensitive patient-centred care in reproductive health services.

Patient or Public Contribution

Individuals with lived experiences analysed and interpreted data.

Abstract Image

查看原文本刊更多论文

洞察不育男性对多学科生殖健康服务的期望

目的：这项定性研究揭示了不育男子对生殖健康服务的期望。本描述性定性研究采用归纳性内容分析方法。方法2023年，护理研究人员采用半结构化方法对13名原发性不育症男性进行了深入访谈。收集到的数据采用Graneheim和Lundman的归纳内容分析法进行分析，坚持Guba和Lincoln的标准，确保可信度。结果分析确定了中心主题“男性不育症：意识、支持和参与”，以及三个类别：男性不育症意识，包括通过各种方式传播信息；男性不育支持，包括所有专业知识；男性不育症方案，由夫妇共同参与治疗。结论：寻求生殖健康服务的男性需要一种综合治疗方法，包括教育、专家咨询和以夫妇为中心的护理。这一发现突出了多学科生殖健康服务的重要性，它可以帮助医疗保健提供者、护士和政策制定者提高对男性和男性不育夫妇的护理质量。采取综合护理技能和能力的多方面办法，可促进生殖健康服务中更具包容性和文化敏感性的以病人为中心的护理。有亲身经历的病人或公众人士分析和解释数据。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Health Expectations 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

5.20

自引率

9.40%

发文量

251

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Health Expectations promotes critical thinking and informed debate about all aspects of patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) in health and social care, health policy and health services research including: • Person-centred care and quality improvement • Patients'' participation in decisions about disease prevention and management • Public perceptions of health services • Citizen involvement in health care policy making and priority-setting • Methods for monitoring and evaluating participation • Empowerment and consumerism • Patients'' role in safety and quality • Patient and public role in health services research • Co-production (researchers working with patients and the public) of research, health care and policy Health Expectations is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal publishing original research, review articles and critical commentaries. It includes papers which clarify concepts, develop theories, and critically analyse and evaluate specific policies and practices. The Journal provides an inter-disciplinary and international forum in which researchers (including PPIE researchers) from a range of backgrounds and expertise can present their work to other researchers, policy-makers, health care professionals, managers, patients and consumer advocates.