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A.D. Lyerly1,2,*, S. Nakagawa3 and M. Kuppermann31Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA 2Center for Bioethics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA 3Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA *Correspondence address. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, CB#7240, 333 South Columbia Street, MacNider Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7240, USA. Tel: +1-919-962-6735; Fax: +1-919-962-2154; E-mail: alyerly{at}email.unc.eduReceived September 17, 2010. Revision received November 1, 2010. Accepted November 29, 2010. BACKGROUND Fertility patients often struggle with decisions about disposition of embryos remaining after fertility treatment. We aimed to identify predictors and correlates of decisional conflict among patients facing these decisions. METHODS We analyzed results from a survey of 2210 patients from nine geographically diverse US fertility clinics. The main outcome measure was decisional conflict about embryo disposition, as measured by the decisional conflict scale (DCS). RESULTS Of 1244 respondents who returned the survey, 1005 with cryopreserved embryos and DCS scores were included in the analysis. Of the respondents, 39% reported high decisional conflict (DCS = 37.5). Thoughts about future childbearing were associated with high decisional conflict: respondents who were either uncertain about whether to have a baby in the future or sure they did not want to have a baby were at higher odds of high decisional conflict than participants who desired a baby [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 3.93, P < 0.001 and aOR = 1.69, P = 0.04, respectively]. Also associated with high decisional conflict were being likely to have embryos thawed and discarded (aOR = 2.08, P < 0.001), donated for research (aOR = 1.66, P = 0.01) or frozen ‘forever’ (aOR = 1.90, P = 0.01); being likely to choose compassionate transfer if it were available (aOR = 1.65, P = 0.03); attributing high, but not full, moral status to human embryos; not having enough information; and not being satisfied with the informed consent process. CONCLUSIONS Decisional conflict about frozen embryo disposition differs according to reproductive preferences that may vary according to stage of treatment. Informed consent for embryo disposition should be revisited periodically, with serious discussions about disposition after childbearing is complete. © The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com This ArticleHum. Reprod. (2011) 26 (3): 646-654. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deq368 First published online: January 7, 2011
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