Coping strategies and fertility-related quality of lifein involuntarily childless me

Recruiting

• Conditions: N46; Male infertility

• Registration Number: DRKS00033691
• Lead Sponsor: Zentrum für Reproduktionsmedizin und Andrologie

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-02-21
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Age: = 18 years
- involuntarily childless men who present themselves in the context of regular
reproductive diagnostics (no children of their own to date)
- Azoospermia detected in at least 2 consecutive
ejaculate examinations carried out according to the current WHO criteria
- Men where due to azoospermia sperm extraction (TESE, or micro-TESE in the case of a microsurgical technique micro-TESE) to fulfil the desire to have children is indicated
- Written consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

- Medical reasons that do not allow TESE or micro-TESE
- Men with a reversible cause of azoospermia, e.g.
Use of androgens
- Condition after vasectomy
- Condition after TESE or micro-TESE
- Men who have already fathered children
- No written consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary endpoint is the coping strategies at the 2nd measurement point (TESE - result: biological paternity possible: yes/no)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Fertility-related quality of life, resilience and stress symptoms at the 2nd measurement point