Relationship between quality of life and distress in XXXX : a validation study of the Dutch FertiQoL.

@entity1 @entity249 @entity308 @entity148
BACKGROUND: This study examined the relationship between emotional distress as measured by the @entity308 ( @entity308 ) and the Fertility Quality of Life (FertiQoL) questionnaire. METHODS: The FertiQoL and @entity308 were distributed to a random sample of 785 @entity1 attending 29 Dutch clinics for medically assisted reproduction. FertiQoL was psychometrically tested for reliability. Pearson's correlations were calculated between subscales of FertiQoL and @entity308 . Using an independent t-test, differences between @entity1 subgroups were computed for both instruments. The threshold for clinically meaningful @entity308 / @entity148 on the @entity308 subscales was used to ascertain the critical threshold for high distress on the FertiQoL scales. RESULTS: FertiQoL and @entity308 were completed by 583 @entity1 (response 74%). Reliability of FertiQoL scales was high (reliability coefficient between 0.72 and 0.91). Significant negative correlations were found between FertiQoL subscales and @entity308 scores for @entity148 and @entity308 , ranging from -0.29 to -0.71. Means on FertiQoL scales and @entity308 scales of couples undergoing an assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment and a non-ART treatment did not differ significantly. @entity1 scoring above the @entity308 threshold for pathology on @entity148 had an average FertiQoL score of 58.8, whereas @entity1 exceeding the @entity308 @entity308 threshold had a FertiQoL total score of 51.9 (range 0-100). CONCLUSIONS: Our study confirms the expected negative relation between quality of life as measured by FertiQoL and @entity148 and @entity308 . The data support that FertiQoL reliably measures QoL in @entity1 facing @entity249 . FertiQoL enables clinicians to tailor care more specifically to the @entity1 in a comprehensive way.
