Table 2.
The couples’ assessment of their relationship at acceptance for infertility treatment
| |
Sperm recipients* (n = 208) |
Traditional IVF* (n = 238) |
Sperm vs. IVF* |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woman mean/SD | Man mean/SD | Woman mean/SD | Man mean/SD | Woman p-value | Man p-value | |
| Personality |
43.8/4.3 |
42.2/5.0 |
43.4/4.6 |
41.7/5.1 |
0.641 |
0.413 |
| Sexual |
43.2/3.2 |
43.6/6.2 |
43.2/3.3 |
43.0/3.6 |
0.473 |
0.318 |
| Children |
44.1/3.0 |
43.6/3.6 |
43.8/3.9 |
43.7/3.4 |
0.651 |
0.452 |
| Family |
44.0/4.0 |
43.1/4.2 |
44.5/3.9 |
43.2/5.1 |
0.783 |
0.943 |
| Egalitarian |
40.7/3.6 |
41.4/3.4 |
40.5/3.6 |
41.1/3.6 |
0.642 |
0.071 |
| Conception |
40.4/3.2 |
40.0/3.5 |
39.9/3.5 |
39.1/4.0 |
0.919 |
0.769 |
| Communication |
43.7/4.9 |
43.3/4.7 |
43.4/4.8 |
42.5/5.1 |
0.781 |
0.907 |
| Conflict |
41.0/4.0 |
40.0/5.0 |
40.4/5.4 |
39.3/5.9 |
0.366 |
0.546 |
| Financial |
43.0/4.1 |
42.4/4.3 |
42.9/4.0 |
42.2/4.6 |
0.613 |
0.535 |
| Leisure |
40.9/4.7 |
39.4/5.3 |
40.6/4.5 |
38.1/5.7 |
0.170 |
0.026 |
| Total | 424.9/24.7 | 419.1/30.22 | 422.4/28.0 | 413.9/33.4 | 0.713 | 0.287 |
*Mann–Whitney U-test.