Open AccessSatisfaction, disappointment and regret surrounding fertility preservation decisions in the paediatric and adolescent cancer population
Author(s) -
Sadunee Jayasuriya,
Michelle Peate,
Catherine Allingham,
Nancy Li,
Lynn Gillam,
Margaret Zacharin,
Peter Downie,
Paddy Moore,
Leanne Super,
Lisa Orme,
Franca Agresta,
Catharyn Stern,
Yasmin Jayasinghe
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1573-7330
pISSN - 1058-0468
DOI - 10.1007/s10815-019-01536-4
Subject(s) - regret , disappointment , fertility , fertility preservation , oncofertility , population , quality of life (healthcare) , scale (ratio) , psychology , demography , medicine , family medicine , social psychology , environmental health , nursing , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , machine learning , sociology
With over 80% of paediatric and adolescent cancer patients surviving into adulthood, quality-of-life issues such as future fertility are increasingly important. However, little is known about regret around decisions to pursue or forgo fertility preservation (FP). We investigated the risk of decision regret in families involved in making a FP decision and explored contributive factors.