They found that people suffering from infertility noted a lack of knowledge and opportunities in the following areas, which prevented them from eating healthily and exercising regularly:
- Evidence-based nutrition and exercise strategies.
- Support and resources to strengthen self-management skills
- the psychological burden of living with infertility.
Several infertility clinical guidelines recommend a healthy lifestyle and this is the first review to highlight the unique challenges faced by people with infertility. It is used to develop lifestyle interventions to improve health outcomes .
The systematic review , published in Human Reproduction Update , evaluated the opinions of more than 4,300 health professionals and people living with infertility.
Infertility, defined as the inability to achieve clinical pregnancy after 12 months of regular, unprotected intercourse, affects up to 186 million people worldwide.
Joint lead author, Associate Professor Lisa Moran, an accredited practicing nutritionist and head of the Healthy Living Research Program at the Monash Center for Health Research and Implementation (MCHRI), said the impact of fertility treatments could exacerbate the challenges of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. . . So it was important to give people the skills they need to feel empowered.
"Undertaking fertility treatment is a difficult journey and this study found that people suffering from infertility who want to adopt a healthy lifestyle want to feel able to do so," Associate Professor Moran said. "Self-management skills build self-confidence and therefore incorporating skills such as goal setting and problem solving are key to successful lifestyle change."
"Support from healthcare professionals is also very important and we have found that healthcare professionals are keen to motivate and support patients to achieve their goals.
Barriers affecting opportunities for lifestyle improvement included lack of time for exercise and lack of high-quality, evidence-based information to guide dietary changes.
Co-lead author and accredited practicing nutritionist Dr. Steph Cowan said improving options by incorporating partner support, offering free or low-cost resources and supporting delivery through telehealth could help some people.
"Telemedicine can reduce some logistical challenges and also reduce the anxiety of people visiting a fertility clinic in person," said Dr. Cowan. "In return, it means that we receive our sons in person, that I surround myself in front of the house of information transmission at first glance, and that I can simply understand it because people do not give me the choice between their health, their time and theirs Give time." Money."
First author and Ph.D. Candidate Sophia Torkel said infertility has mental health impacts that can be profound and varied, affecting individuals and couples in different ways. The psychological stress of infertility makes it difficult to make even small lifestyle changes.
"We found that transforming a healthy lifestyle as a self-care strategy is an important mental health strategy that can contribute to behavior change," he said.
The results will be integrated into a new Ask Fertility app developed by the Center of Research Excellence in Women's Health in Reproductive Life and MCHRI. It complements the Ask app suite, which includes Ask Early Menopause (over 6,000 users) and Ask PCOS (over 61,000 users in 195 countries).
The Ask Fertility app, launching later this year, will help women experiencing infertility find the highest quality information from leading experts and will include tools for self-care , self-management and shared decision-making.
"Together with the recommendations of international guidelines, the results of this research can help improve the health of people with infertility, which will hopefully contribute to better fertility outcomes," Associate Professor Moran said.
Further information: Sophia Torkel et al., Barriers and facilitators to healthy living in people with infertility: a mixed-methods systematic review, Human Reproduction Update (2024). DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmae011
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