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Behaviour-related infertility: definition
a) if despite the desire for a child and relevant counselling from a doctor, a couple continues to display behaviour detrimental to fertility (e.g. over-/underweight; alcohol, nicotine and tablet abuse; highly competitive sport; the couple work rotating shifts*),
b) if a couple does not have intercourse on fertile days, or if a solely psychogenic sexual disorder is present
c) ifacoupleexplicitlysaysyestoamedicallyindicatedcourse of therapy for involuntary childlessness but then decides not to embark on it, even after thinking it over a lengthy period.
(Wischmann 2003, Schilling et al. 2012; *Gaskins et al. 2018)
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Behaviour-related infertility in men
Study on 100 men (and 110 women)
(Schilling et al. 2012)
Sexual dysfunction could be the cause of male infertility in
0.4-4.6% of infertile men
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(Lotti & Maggi 2018)
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