Publications by authors named "Henda Ben Mustapha"
The evaluation of sperm DNA integrity is recommended in the sixth edition of the 2021 World Health Organization guidelines. Oxidative stress has been identified as a crucial factor leading to genome decay, lipid peroxidation, and nucleoprotein oxidation. This double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial aimed to assess the effect of oral antioxidant treatment (Fertilis), which contains L-carnitine and some micronutrients, in the improvement of conventional sperm parameters, sperm DNA integrity and in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) outcomes.
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- Childlessness poses significant emotional challenges for infertile couples, especially during assisted reproductive treatments (ART), with mixed findings regarding the impact of anxiety on outcomes.
- A study involving 79 infertile women undergoing in vitro fertilization in Tunisia categorized anxiety levels and assessed stress through blood cortisol levels, revealing that primary infertility was associated with higher stress.
- The results indicated that severe anxiety negatively affected the implantation rate, while no significant difference was found in clinical pregnancy and live birth rates among different anxiety groups; psychological support is recommended to improve outcomes.