title: Site of semen collection and its effect on semen analysis parameters.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether the site of semen collection affects semen parameters by comparing semen samples collected at home with those collected in the office.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective cohort study.
  
  
  METHODS
  An academic research environment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Men collecting semen samples both at home and in the office, either for a workup for infertility or for use in intrauterine insemination.
  
  
  METHODS
  Semen analysis performed on all specimens, evaluating sperm count, sperm motility, total count, and total motile count.
  
  
  METHODS
  Semen analysis parameters.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no statistically significant difference in sperm count, sperm motility, total count, or total motile count between those samples collected at home vs. those collected in the office in either group of patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The site of semen collection, whether at home vs. in the office, does not have a clinically significant effect on semen analysis parameters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA. rashmishetty17@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Rashmi Shetty
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Licht
authors.forename: LiAnn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Handel
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sigman
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009819:Office Visits; D011446:Prospective Studies; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted; D012661:Semen / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D012662:Semen Preservation; D013076:Sperm Count; D013081:Sperm Motility; D053625:Sperm Retrieval