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Online tool for patient partnership in guidelines Table 1: Characteristics of registered female participants of the specialized online participatory tool
Characteristics
Age (years)
<25 25–35 >35 Missing
Education levelb
Low Middle High Missing
Type of infertilityd
Primary Secondary Missing
Childless
Yes
No Missing
Duration of infertility (months)e
0–2 years 2–4 years >4 years Missing
Total duration under treatment (months)
Treatment phase
Initial examination OI/IUI
IVF/ICSI
Pregnant
A er/No treatment Missing
Participants (n=75)
Median [Range] or (%)
34 [19–51] 4 (6%)
45 (62% 23 (32%) 3
1 (1.5%) 14 (21%) 52 (77.5%) 8
39 (54%) 33 (46%) 3
41 (69.5%) 18 (30.5%) 16
38 [12–228] 4 (8 %)
26 (51%) 21 (41%) 24
24 [0–144] 6 (12%)
7 (15%) 19 (40%) 4 (8%) 12 (25%) 27
Hospital cohort (n=200)
Median [Range] or (%)
32 [21–43] 10 (5%) 142 (71%) 48 (24%) 0
37 (20%) 58 (32%) 90 (48%) 15
122 (61%) 78 (39%) 0
144 (72%) 56 (28%) 0
24 [1–116] 98 (49%) 72 (36%) 30 (15%) 0
6 [0–58] 50 (25%)
86 (43%) 50 (25%) 4 (2%) 10 (5%) 0
P value
0.06a 0.39a
<0.01c
0.31c
0.71c
<0.01a <0.01c
<0.01a
<0.01c 5
a Independent t-test
b Low: primary or lower vocational education; Middle: secondary or intermediate vocational education;
High: higher professional education or university
c Chi-square test
d Type of infertility was determined
e Duration of infertility de ned as the period between the start of regular unprotected sexual intercourse and
date lled out the registry form
Bene ts of the tool
Recommendations
In 12 months, 50 new recommendations were generated within the di erent care phases (Table 2). Of these new recommendations, 37 (74%) were generated within the gynaecologic section of the tool. Of the 21 initial recommendations, 3 were modi ed and the other 18 initial recommendations remained una ected.
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