Measuring patient-centredness in publicly funded fertility care: A New Zealand validation and international comparison of the Patient-Centred Questionnaire-Infertility.

Background: The Patient-Centred Questionnaire-Infertility (PCQ-Infertility) has proven to be a reliable instrument to assess the extent of patient-centredness of fertility care in European countries.

Aims: To validate the PCQ-Infertility in New Zealand (NZ) and to compare results with international experience.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional 46-item questionnaire study among 409 women undergoing publicly funded fertility care (intrauterine insemination or in vitro fertilisation / intracytoplasmic sperm injection) in three fertility clinics in the Northern Auckland region was performed between October 2015 and September 2016.

Single embryo transfer for all?

Historically to maintain live birth rates for women undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF), multiple embryos were transferred. Improvements in technology have meant a move to selective single embryo transfer (SET). Do we now have enough confidence in SET to make it mandatory?

High live birth rate in the subsequent IVF cycle after first-cycle poor response among women with mean age 35 and normal FSH.

Poor ovarian response in IVF cycles is associated with diminished ovarian reserve and poor pregnancy outcome. Little is known about pregnancy outcome after a poor response in women with a normal ovarian reserve. This retrospective study studied women undergoing IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection between January 2003 to December 2008 in the FertilityPLUS Clinic in Auckland, New Zealand.

IVF and tubal pathology--not all bad news.

Objectives: In light of evidence that hydrosalpinges compromise the chance of success of in vitro fertilisation (IVF), the aim of this study was to analyse the results of IVF treatment at our clinic in relation to the cause for infertility and to make inferences concerning the impact of mild tubal disease on IVF outcome.

Design: Retrospective observational study. SETTING Tertiary fertility clinic in New Zealand.