caa a22 4500 445816473 CHVBK 20180317145230.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10815-010-9484-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10815-010-9484-6 Comparing patients' and clinicians' perceptions of elective single embryo transfer using the attitudes to a twin IVF pregnancy scale (ATIPS) [Elektronische Daten] [Vibha Rai, Amanda Betsworth, Charlotte Beer, George Ndukwe, Cris Glazebrook] Background: This study evaluated a questionnaire originally developed for use with health professionals to explore and compare patients' and clinicians' perceptions of elective single embryo transfer and twin births. Methods: IVF clinicians and patients attending an independent Fertility clinic were surveyed using the Attitudes to a twin birth scale (ATIPS) comprising two subscales: attitudes to twins (A-Twin) and attitudes to elective single embryo transfer (A-SET). After refinement total sample scores showed both subscales were reliable with Cronbach's alpha >0.8 and item-total correlations >0.35. Results: Questionnaires were completed by 100 female IVF patients and 17 IVF clinicians. A-Twin subscale scores indicated neither the IVF clinicians nor female IVF patients demonstrated very positive attitudes to a twin birth although the IVF female patients were more in favour (t = 5.29, n = 117, p = <0.001). Responses suggest both groups would benefit from increased information about the risks of a twin birth for the baby. First cycle IVF female patients were significantly more positive about eSET (z = 3.94, n = 100, p = <0.001). Clinicians perceive both their colleagues' and female patients' negativity towards eSET; suggesting a role for education. Conclusions: This study found the ATIPS to be a reliable measure which could be useful in evaluating interventions to promote single embryo transfer. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Twins nationallicence Elective single embryo transfer nationallicence IVF nationallicence Rai Vibha Division of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, NG7 2UH, Nottingham, UK aut Betsworth Amanda Division of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, NG7 2UH, Nottingham, UK aut Beer Charlotte Division of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, NG7 2UH, Nottingham, UK aut Ndukwe George CARE Fertility, John Webster House, 6 Lawrence Drive, Nottingham Business School, NG8 6PZ, Nottingham, UK aut Glazebrook Cris Division of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, NG7 2UH, Nottingham, UK aut Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 28/1(2011-01-01), 65-72 1058-0468 28:1<65 2011 28 10815 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-010-9484-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-010-9484-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rai Vibha Division of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, NG7 2UH, Nottingham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Betsworth Amanda Division of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, NG7 2UH, Nottingham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Beer Charlotte Division of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, NG7 2UH, Nottingham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ndukwe George CARE Fertility, John Webster House, 6 Lawrence Drive, Nottingham Business School, NG8 6PZ, Nottingham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Glazebrook Cris Division of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, NG7 2UH, Nottingham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 28/1(2011-01-01), 65-72 1058-0468 28:1<65 2011 28 10815 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer