Marital Satisfaction of Infertile Couples Using Natural Procreative Technology (NaProTECHNOLOGY)

Konicki AJ, McGrath JM, Camacho A, Carpentier PA

doi:10.1097/CNJ.0000000000000802

Marital Satisfaction of Infertile Couples Using Natural Procreative Technology (NaProTECHNOLOGY)

Anna Camacho, Jacqueline M McGrath, Paul Carpentier, Annette Jakubisin Konicki

Apple (Israel) ROR

Journal of Christian Nursing : a Quarterly Publication of Nurses Christian Fellowship, 38(4), 224-229

DOI 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000000802 PMID 33234801

Abstract

Infertility affects one in 16 married women in the United States where 12.7% of these seek treatment. The stress of infertility and treatment is known to impact marital satisfaction, which can be further complicated by personal and religious beliefs regarding the ethics of some assistive reproductive technologies. A morally acceptable approach to infertility diagnosis and treatment is natural procreative technology or NaProTECHNOLOGY (NPT) using the Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System. A quantitative, descriptive study utilizing demographic surveys and the Index of Marital Satisfaction found that couples using NPT reported marital satisfaction.

Topics

NaProTECHNOLOGY > Patient Outcomes > Psychosocial Wellbeing Infertility > Psychosocial Aspects > Marital Satisfaction Ethics/Philosophy > Religious Perspectives > Reproductive Technology

NaProTECHNOLOGY infertility marital satisfaction, Creighton Model FertilityCare infertile couples relationship quality, natural procreative technology marital satisfaction quantitative study, infertility treatment stress marriage relationship outcomes, morally acceptable infertility treatment Catholic couples, Index of Marital Satisfaction infertility NPT, religious beliefs ethical infertility treatment satisfaction, NaProTECHNOLOGY couples psychosocial outcomes descriptive study, Konicki NaProTECHNOLOGY marital satisfaction infertility, faith-based infertility treatment couple wellbeing

PMID 33234801 33234801 DOI 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000000802 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000000802

Cite this article

Camacho, A., Konicki, A. J., McGrath, J. M., & Carpentier, P. (2021). Marital Satisfaction of Infertile Couples Using Natural Procreative Technology (NaProTECHNOLOGY). *Journal of Christian nursing : a quarterly publication of Nurses Christian Fellowship*, *38*(4), 224-229. https://doi.org/10.1097/CNJ.0000000000000802

Keywords

Female, Humans, Infertility/psychology, Male, Marriage, Personal Satisfaction, Stress, Psychological, Technology