Socio-economic deprivation and pregnancy rates in IVF
Research type
Research Database
IRAS ID
247661
Contact name
Rachel Imrie
Contact email
Research summary
King's Fertility IVF/ICSI Patient database 2015 - 2017 - Socio-economic deprivation
REC name
South Central - Oxford A Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/SC/0223
Date of REC Opinion
20 May 2019
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
All patients undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) or Intra-cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) at King's Assisted Conception Unit/King's Fertility between 2015 and 2017 who have consented to non-contact research will be included in the study. Data will be accessed through patient paper records and our computerised patient electronic system IDEAs. Information gathered will include patient number and postcode to be stored on an encrypted database with a link code to the clinical database which will include patient history, diagnosis, treatment received and treatment outcomes. The databased will be stored on a desktop computer within King's Fertility and is compliant with NHS and HFEA data and information governance.
Research programme
This data will allow us to ascertain whether socio-economic deprivation (using patient postcode and the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2015) is an independent factor in determining success rates for those undergoing assisted conception treatment. Our population in south London is very diverse and if a correlation is seen this would allow us to provide more patient specific predictive outcomes. It would also allow better comparison between IVF units depending on the population they treat and thus help NHS commissioning groups to best allocate resources. This is a pilot study database that is planned to be included in a national database set using HFEA data to expand this study further. At present there are no plans to release the database to other researchers or research organisations.
Research database title
King's Fertility IVF/ICSI Patient database 2015 - 2017 - Socio-economic deprivation
Establishment organisation
King's Fertility
Establishment organisation address
First floor The Fetal Medicine Research Institute
16-20 Windsor Walk Denmark Hill,
London
SE5 8BB