Table 2.
The couples’ assessment of their relationship at acceptance for infertility treatment
| |
Oocyte recipients |
Traditional IVF |
Oocyte vs. IVF* |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Woman |
Man |
Woman |
Man |
Woman |
Man |
| Mean/SD | Mean/SD | Mean/SD | Mean/SD | p-value | p-value | |
| Personality |
44.1/4.9 |
42.4/4.5 |
43.4/4.6 |
41.7/5.1 |
0.112 |
0.379 |
| Sexual |
43.1/3.5 |
42.9/3.3 |
43.2/3.3 |
43.0/3.6 |
0.325 |
0.145 |
| Children |
45.1/3.1 |
44.4/3.3 |
43.8/3.9 |
43.7/3.4 |
0.038 |
0.095 |
| Family |
44.4/4.3 |
43.6/4.4 |
44.5/3.6 |
43.2/5.1 |
0.287 |
0.952 |
| Egalitarian |
40.8/3.8 |
41.2/3.6 |
40.5/3.6 |
41.1/3.6 |
0.538 |
0.189 |
| Conception |
40.6/3.3 |
39.4/3.3 |
39.9/3.5 |
39.1/4.0 |
0.932 |
0.575 |
| Communication |
44.0/4.6 |
43.6/4.5 |
43.4/4.8 |
42.5/5.1 |
0.005 |
0.090 |
| Conflict |
41.9/4.9 |
40.7/4.5 |
40.4/5.4 |
39.3/5.9 |
0.892 |
0.708 |
| Financial |
43.2/4.3 |
42.4/4.1 |
42.9/4.0 |
42.2/4.6 |
0.373 |
0.841 |
| Leisure |
40.8/5.4 |
39.0/5.3 |
40.6/4.5 |
38.1/5.7 |
0.029 |
0.450 |
| Total | 428.1/31.2 | 419.5/29.8 | 422.4/28.0 | 413.9/33.4 | 0.059 | 0.199 |
*Mann–Whitney U-test.