Lifestyle and fertility: the influence of stress and quality of life on female fertility
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Authors
Palomba, Stefano
Daolio, Jessica
Romeo, Sara
Battaglia, Francesco Antonino
Marci, Roberto
La Sala, Giovanni Battista
Issue Date
2018-12-02
Type
Article
Language
en_US
Keywords
Female Fertility , Lifestyle , Quality of Life , Sterility , Stress
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Abstract
There is growing evidence that lifestyle choices account for the overall quality of health and life (QoL) reflecting many potential lifestyle risks widely associated with alterations of the reproductive function up to the infertility. This review aims to summarize in a critical fashion the current knowledge about the potential effects of stress and QoL on female reproductive function. A specific literature search up to August 2017 was performed in IBSS, SocINDEX, Institute for Scientific Information, PubMed, Web of Science and Google Scholar. Current review highlights a close relationship in women between stress, QoL and reproductive function, that this association is more likely reported in infertile rather than fertile women, and that a vicious circle makes them to have supported each other. However, a precise cause-effect relationship is still difficult to demonstrate due to conflicting results and the lack of objective measures/instruments of evaluation.
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Citation
Palomba, S., Daolio, J., Romeo, S., Battaglia, F. A., Marci, R., & La Sala, G. B. (2018). Lifestyle and fertility: the influence of stress and quality of life on female fertility. Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E, 16(1), 113. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12958-018-0434-y
Publisher
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology