title: Preliminary counseling with age-related fertility rates does not influence whether women undergo reversal of sterilization.
abstract: Our objective was to assess the influence of preliminary counseling that provided information about age-related fertility rates on the decision of women to undergo reversal of sterilization. There was no apparent influence; this raises the question as to whether couples seeking fertility therapy base their decision making on factual information provided by the clinician.
authors.affiliation: Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Yolanda A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Butt
authors.forename: Sony
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sierra
authors.forename: Peter F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: McComb
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001723:Birth Rate; D001955:British Columbia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012731:Sex Counseling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013243:Sterilization Reversal / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016896:Treatment Outcome