Results did not show any differential impact of the intervention on any primary or secondary outcomes as a function of sex, marital status, employment or education.
Only five studies (N=633) had included measures of marital function, but only very small (ES 0.09 0.08), non-significant effects were found.
The pooled results did not reach statistical significance for the 10 studies which had investigated effects on infertility-related distress and the 5 studies which had included measures of marital function.
In terms of marital functioning, research indicates that there is an elevated risk of divorce and separation among parents of children with disabilities, albeit the effect is smaller than previously believed (i.e., 3-7% increased risk [ 16]).
However, it did not differ as a function of age, sex, or marital status.
Evidence from studies of cognitive function and marital status indicates that, for both gender, married people are less likely to suffer from dementia than those who are divorced, separated, or single [ 28].
Social adjustment was assessed with the Weissman Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) [ 27] The WSAS assess social adjustment in multiple areas of functioning, including marital, family, work, economic and leisure.
To assess the impact of CFS on education, we modeled college graduation rates among CFS cases as a function of age, race, geographic location, sex, marital status, and age of CFS onset.
Objective: We assessed and compared the quality of life, marital relationship, and sexual function of women who had urodynamic stress incontinence (USI) or detrusor overactivity (DO) diagnosed.
The recognition of marital rape.
