Advanced search
Publication Cover
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Volume 22, 2002 - Issue 6
Submit an article Journal homepage
175
Views
32
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Infertility in Shanghai: prevalence, treatment seeking and impact

Y. Che Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Shanghai, China
&
J. Cleland Centre for Population Studies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Pages 643-648 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

Citations (32)

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Subscribe to citation updates

Read on this site (4)

Ruoxi Chen, Cierra Fussell, Jason P. Austin, Stephen E. May & Qilin Wang. (2021) How Therapists Should Work with Infertile Couples: A Literature Review. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy 20:1, pages 15-31.
Read now
Bronya Hi-Kwan Luk & Alice Yuen Loke. (2015) The Impact of Infertility on the Psychological Well-Being, Marital Relationships, Sexual Relationships, and Quality of Life of Couples: A Systematic Review. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy 41:6, pages 610-625.
Read now
Tao Peng, Rosemary Coates, Gareth Merriman, Yun Zhao & Bruce Maycock. (2011) Testing the psychometric properties of Mandarin version of the fertility problem inventory (M-FPI) in an infertile Chinese sample. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology 32:4, pages 173-181.
Read now
JosephT.F. Lau, Qingsheng Wang, Yimin Cheng, JeanH. Kim, Xilin Yang & Hi Yi Tsui. (2008) Infertility-Related Perceptions and Responses and Their Associations With Quality of Life Among Rural Chinese Infertile Couples. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy 34:3, pages 248-267.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (28)

Marc Ganz, Shoshana Devor, Yehuda Gejerman, Tzipora Benyaminov, Yaakov Ishakis, Moshe Bulmash & Daniel Miller. (2024) Exploring the Impact of Nickel Exposure on Female Fertility. Cureus.
Crossref
Wenrui Huang, Jing Ling, Xingzi Fang, Xingyan Ou & XueLian Du. (2023) Comparative efficacy of acupuncture-related interventions for tubal obstructive infertility: A systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 79, pages 103003.
Crossref
Wenjie Yang, Miao Ge, Zhujuan Wang & Congxia Wang. (2023) Spatial distribution of anti-mullerian hormone in females of childbearing age in China under the influence of geographical environmental factors. BMC Public Health 23:1.
Crossref
Jie Lin, Xiaoyan Lin, Jiahui Qiu, Xiumi You & Jinbang Xu. (2023) Association between heavy metals exposure and infertility among American women aged 20–44 years: A cross-sectional analysis from 2013 to 2018 NHANES data. Frontiers in Public Health 11.
Crossref
Ling-Jun Li, Ashley Chow, Audrey J. Gaskins, Jie Ning Jovin Lee, Mahesh Choolani, Brian K. Kennedy, Zhongwei Huang, Yap Seng Chong & Cuilin Zhang. (2023) Modifiable socioeconomic and lifestyle risk factors for female infertility in Asia: a systematic review from the population health perspective. F&S Reviews 4:1, pages 78-99.
Crossref
Chenfeng Zhu, Li Yan, Chuqing He, Yang Wang, Jiahao Wu, Luting Chen & Jian Zhang. (2022) Incidence and risk factors of infertility among couples who desire a first and second child in Shanghai, China: a facility-based prospective cohort study. Reproductive Health 19:1.
Crossref
Shoujing Liang, Yuanhui Chen, Qian Wang, Huanhuan Chen, Chenchen Cui, Xiaohang Xu, Qingwen Zhang & Cuilian Zhang. (2021) Prevalence and associated factors of infertility among 20–49 year old women in Henan Province, China. Reproductive Health 18:1.
Crossref
Şahika ŞİMŞEK ÇETİNKAYA & Kafiye EROĞLU. (2021) Çocuk Sahibi Olabilme: Kültür Ve Geleneksel Uygulamalar. Sağlık Akademisi Kastamonu, pages 11-12.
Crossref
Jie Qiao, Yuanyuan Wang, Xiaohong Li, Fan Jiang, Yunting Zhang, Jun Ma, Yi Song, Jing Ma, Wei Fu, Ruyan Pang, Zhaofang Zhu, Jun Zhang, Xu Qian, Linhong Wang, Jiuling Wu, Hsun-Ming Chang, Peter C K Leung, Meng Mao, Duan Ma, Yan Guo, Jie Qiu, Li Liu, Haidong Wang, Robert J Norman, Joy Lawn, Robert E Black, Carine Ronsmans, George Patton, Jun Zhu, Li Song & Therese Hesketh. (2021) A Lancet Commission on 70 years of women's reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health in China. The Lancet 397:10293, pages 2497-2536.
Crossref
Jennifer K. Blakemore, Susan M. Maxwell, Brooke Hodes-Wertz & Kara N. Goldman. (2020) Access to infertility care in a low-resource setting: bridging the gap through resident and fellow education in a New York City public hospital. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics 37:7, pages 1545-1552.
Crossref
Saleem Ali Banihani, Omar F. Khabour & Karem H. Alzoubi. (2019) Fertility testing for men before marriage: Is it acceptable?. Andrologia 51:3, pages e13212.
Crossref
Hong Gao, Dong-e LiuYumei LiJing TangShimin Hu, Xinrui Wu, Zhengwen Tian & Hongzhuan Tan. (2019) Uterine size and volume are associated with a higher clinical pregnancy rate in patients undergoing assisted reproduction technology. Medicine 98:8, pages e14366.
Crossref
Hong Gao, Dong-e Liu, Yumei Li, Jing Tang, Shimin Hu, Xinrui Wu, Zhengwen Tian & Hongzhuan Tan. (2018) Uterine dimensions in gravida 0 phase according to age, body mass index, and height in Chinese infertile women. Medicine 97:34, pages e12068.
Crossref
Z Zhou, D Zheng, H Wu, R Li, S Xu, Y Kang, Y Cao, X Chen, Y Zhu, S Xu, Z‐J Chen, BW Mol & J Qiao. (2017) Epidemiology of infertility in China: a population‐based study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 125:4, pages 432-441.
Crossref
S. S. Paskar & K. Yu. Boyarsky. (2017) The epidemiological aspects of infertile marriage (a review). Problemy reproduktsii 23:5, pages 23.
Crossref
Dan Chen, Jing Ping Zhang, Ling Jiang, Huayan Liu, Ling Shu, Qiong Zhang & LiPing Jiang. (2016) Factors that influence in vitro fertilization treatment outcomes of Chinese men: A cross-sectional study. Applied Nursing Research 32, pages 222-226.
Crossref
Alex Ezeh, Akinrinola Bankole, John Cleland, Claudia García-Moreno, Marleen Temmerman & Abdhalah Kasiira Ziraba. 2016. Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 2): Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health. Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 2): Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health 25 50 .
Qinqin Meng, Aiguo Ren, Le Zhang, Jufen Liu, Zhiwen Li, Yan Yang, Rong Li & Le Ma. (2015) Incidence of infertility and risk factors of impaired fecundity among newly married couples in a Chinese population. Reproductive BioMedicine Online 30:1, pages 92-100.
Crossref
Mariana V. Martins, Patrício Costa, Brennan D. Peterson, Maria E. Costa & Lone Schmidt. (2014) Marital stability and repartnering: infertility-related stress trajectories of unsuccessful fertility treatment. Fertility and Sterility 102:6, pages 1716-1722.
Crossref
Hongxia Zhang, Shuyu Wang, Songwen Zhang, Tao Wang & Xiaohong Deng. (2014) Increasing trend of prevalence of infertility in Beijing. Chinese Medical Journal 127:4, pages 691-695.
Crossref
Alice Y Loke, Pui‐Ling Yu & Mark Hayter. (2011) Experiences of sub‐fertility among Chinese couples in Hong Kong: a qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing 21:3-4, pages 504-512.
Crossref
S. Gurunath, Z. Pandian, Richard A. Anderson & Siladitya Bhattacharya. (2011) Defining infertility—a systematic review of prevalence studies. Human Reproduction Update 17:5, pages 575-588.
Crossref
Ali Ardalan, Serajeldin Vahidi, Kazem Mohammad & Mehdi Russel. (2010) Service utilization patterns for presumed infertile women in the Islamic republic of Iran, 2004–2005. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management 25:3, pages 287-297.
Crossref
S.J. Dyer. (2009) International estimates on infertility prevalence and treatment seeking: potential need and demand for medical care. Human Reproduction 24:9, pages 2379-2380.
Crossref
J. Boivin, L. Bunting, J. A. Collins & K. G. Nygren. (2009) Reply: International estimates on infertility prevalence and treatment seeking: potential need and demand for medical care. Human Reproduction 24:9, pages 2380-2383.
Crossref
Serajeldin VahidiAli Ardalan & Kazem Mohammad. (2009) Prevalence of Primary Infertility in the Islamic Republic of Iran in 2004-2005. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 21:3, pages 287-293.
Crossref
Mohammad Reza Safarinejad. (2007) Infertility among couples in a population‐based study in Iran: prevalence and associated risk factors. International Journal of Andrology 31:3, pages 303-314.
Crossref
Jacky Boivin, Laura Bunting, John A. Collins & Karl G. Nygren. (2007) International estimates of infertility prevalence and treatment-seeking: potential need and demand for infertility medical care. Human Reproduction 22:6, pages 1506-1512.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.