Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
BMJ Open. 2021 May 28;11(5):e044003. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044003.
Infertility is a widespread social phenomenon. For both women and men, there are several psychosocial issues associated with infertility. Numerous systematic reviews have focused on individuals' psychosocial issues pertaining to infertility, however, these have been conducted in developed countries. Thus, there is a gap in the current literature to analyse individuals' psychosocial issues associated with infertility in developing countries. Given that there are various contextual factors to consider for appropriate interventions to be implemented, it is vital to explore this topic in a developing context.
A scoping review will be conducted. A total of 12 databases were identified and a search string including terms related to infertility, psychosocial aspects and developing countries was developed. The inclusion and exclusion of each article will be determined through the guidelines provided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses flow chart. Quantitative and qualitative data will be collated. The findings will summarise existing research on psychosocial aspects of infertility in developing countries and identify gaps in the research corpus.
Data will not be collected from participants. Instead, data will be extracted from published studies and therefore no ethical approval is required. The findings will be published in a peer-reviewed journal.
不孕是一种广泛存在的社会现象。对于女性和男性来说，都存在一些与不孕相关的社会心理问题。许多系统评价都集中在与不孕相关的个体的社会心理问题上，但这些研究都是在发达国家进行的。因此，在当前的文献中，存在一个空白领域，即分析发展中国家个体与不孕相关的社会心理问题。鉴于需要考虑各种背景因素来实施适当的干预措施，因此在发展中国家探讨这一主题至关重要。
将进行范围综述。共确定了 12 个数据库，并制定了一个包含与不孕、社会心理方面和发展中国家相关术语的搜索字符串。将根据系统评价和荟萃分析首选报告项目的指南来确定每个文章的纳入和排除标准。将整理定量和定性数据。研究结果将总结发展中国家不孕的社会心理方面的现有研究，并确定研究文献中的空白。
不会从参与者那里收集数据。相反，将从已发表的研究中提取数据，因此不需要伦理批准。研究结果将发表在同行评议的期刊上。
