TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of medical clowning on pregnancy rates after in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer
AU - Friedler, Shevach
AU - Glasser, Saralee
AU - Azani, Liat
AU - Freedman, Laurence S.
AU - Raziel, Arie
AU - Strassburger, Dvora
AU - Ron-El, Raphael
AU - Lerner-Geva, Liat
PY - 2011/5
Y1 - 2011/5
N2 - This experimental prospective quasi-randomized study examining the impact of a medical clowning encounter after embryo transfer (ET) after in vitro fertilization (IVF) found that the pregnancy rate in the intervention group was 36.4%, compared with 20.2% in the control group (adjusted odds ratio, 2.67; 95% confidence interval, 1.36-5.24). Medical clowning as an adjunct to IVF-ET may have a beneficial effect on pregnancy rates and deserves further investigation.
AB - This experimental prospective quasi-randomized study examining the impact of a medical clowning encounter after embryo transfer (ET) after in vitro fertilization (IVF) found that the pregnancy rate in the intervention group was 36.4%, compared with 20.2% in the control group (adjusted odds ratio, 2.67; 95% confidence interval, 1.36-5.24). Medical clowning as an adjunct to IVF-ET may have a beneficial effect on pregnancy rates and deserves further investigation.
KW - In vitro fertilization
KW - medical clowning
KW - pregnancy rate
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79955036360&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.12.016
DO - 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.12.016
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C2 - 21211796
AN - SCOPUS:79955036360
SN - 0015-0282
VL - 95
SP - 2127
EP - 2130
JO - Fertility and Sterility
JF - Fertility and Sterility
IS - 6
ER -