title: The study of psychological factors in couples receiving artificial insemination by donor: a discussion of methodological difficulties.
abstract: Artificial insemination by donor (AID) may be the only means by which many infertile couples are able to have a child. However, the treatment is not invariably successful and it is postulated in the literature that psychological factors may be implicated when conception does not occur. Further investigation is required to establish the nature of any relationship between psychological stress and conception after AID but designing an adequate study is confounded by many methodological difficulties. These include issues relating to ethics, recruitment, measurement and logistics. In this paper, such aspects are examined and the importance of research in this field for nursing is highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Nottingham.
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lannon
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Sharp
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D007316:Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*