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. 2018 Jan 1;15(Winter):1b.

Table 4.

Minimum Data Set and Classifications

Data Elements in the General Information Class
Record number
National identifier
Age
Education
Occupation
Phone number
Husband age
Husband occupation
Husband phone number
Data Elements in the Patient History Class
Female Male
General Addiction (smoking, addictive drugs, alcohol)
Height Any medical problem
Weight  Name of problem
Duration of marriage Previous operations
 Name of operations
Previous marriage Previous marriage
 Number of children in previous marriage  Number of children in previous marriage
Addiction (smoking, addictive drugs, alcohol) Diseases in family
Any medical problem  Infertility problems
 Name of problem  Recurrent miscarriage
Previous operations Difficulties with ejaculation
 Name of operation Difficulties with erection
Medication allergies Exposure of genitals to excessive heat
 Name of medications Injury to genitals
Diseases in family Infection of prostate glands, penis, or testicles
 Cancer
 Premature menopause
 Birth defects
 Hormonal disorders
 Infertility problems
 Recurrent miscarriage
 Blood clots
Family relationship
Menstrual
Duration of bleeding
Usual menstrual interval
Spotting between menses
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
Dyspareunia
Galactorrhea
Hirsutism
Dysmenorrhea
Number of intercourses per week
 Normal
 Lower than normal
 No intercourse
Pregnancy
Duration of infertility
Form of contraception used
Period of time of contraception used
Number of previous pregnancies
 Number of children
Previous treatment of infertility
 In vitro fertilization (IVF)/ intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
 Intrauterine insemination (IUI)
 Induction of ovulation (IO)
  Drugs for IUI/IO
 Number of treatment cycles received
 Outcome of previous treatment
Complications during or after pregnancy
 Number of preterm births
 Number of miscarriages
 Number of ectopic pregnancies
Data Elements in the Paraclinical Reports Class
Female Male
Laboratory tests Sperm motility
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) Sperm count
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) Morphology
Prolactin Venereal disease research laboratory (VDRL)
Luteinizing hormone (LH) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 1, 2
Anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)
Fasting blood sugar (FBS) Hepatitis C virus (HCV)
Complete blood count (CBC) Human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) 1, 2
Pap smear
Venereal disease research laboratory (VDRL)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 1, 2
Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)
Hepatitis C virus (HCV)
Human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) 1, 2
Ultrasound
Antral follicle count (AFC)
Number of mature follicles
Uterine
Right ovary (RO)
Left ovary (LO)
Endometrial thickness
Laparoscopy, Hysteroscopy
Uterine cavity
Right tube (RT)
Left tube (LT)
Right ovary (RO)
Left ovary (LO)
Data Elements of Treatment Plan (IVF/ICSI, IUI, IO) Class
Cause of infertility
 Male factor
 Endometriosis
 Ovarian factors
 Hormonal problems
 Male severe (ICSI)
 Tubal pathology ovary
 Unexplained
 Mix
Type of infertility (primary or secondary)
Number of IUI/IO cycle
Number of IVF/ICSI cycle
Drugs for stimulation
Gonadotropin dose
Sperm catch
Type of cycle
 Antagonist protocol
 Agonist protocol
  Long
  Poor
 Shanghai protocol
 Donor (embryo, oocytes, surrogate's uterus)
Heterologous oocytes
Autologous oocytes
Number of oocytes
Quality of oocytes
Number of transferred embryos
Quality of transferred embryos
Stage of embryos (cells)
Embryo transfer (easy, difficult)
Number of frozen embryos
Thawed embryos for frozen embryo transfer
Data Elements of Treatment Outcome Class
Lost to follow-up of pregnancy
Clinical pregnancy
Intrauterine live pregnancy at week 7 or later
Gestational sacs
Fetal reductions
Miscarriage
Ectopic pregnancy