| Support vector | Category | Subcategory | Reference No. | |
| Int | Nursing professionals make it easy for females to talk about their feelings during ART | Nursing professionals ask females about the internal and external current status of the couples/partners | 14 | |
| Nursing professionals create opportunities for females to talk about their experiences of ART | 14 | |||
| Nursing professionals actively listen to females’ narratives | 14, 18, 20 | |||
| Healthcare professionals are attuned to females’ feelings | Nursing professionals complement what females have overcome through ART | 14, 15, 18 | ||
| Healthcare professionals talk to females in a manner attuned to their feelings | 19, 21, 22 | |||
| Nursing professionals encourage females to express their feelings | 14, 15, 18 | |||
| Nursing professionals empathize with females’ feelings during their ART | 14, 18, 20, 22, 24 | |||
| Nursing professionals provide information on ART that is appropriate for females | Nursing professionals provide ART information that females are seeking | 14, 15, 18, 25 | ||
| Nursing professionals communicate their suggestions as professionals to females | 14, 15 | |||
| Nursing professionals provide holistic support to females | Nursing professionals provide holistic support to females | 18 | ||
| Nursing professionals provide health support for females apart from infertility | 18 | |||
| Nursing professionals provide mental health support to females undergoing ART | 15, 18 | |||
| Nursing professionals encourage females to clarify their purpose for undergoing ART | Nursing professionals encourage females to clarify the reason for undergoing ART | 15, 18 | ||
| Nursing professionals encourage females to discuss the continuation of ART among couples/partners | 15, 18 | |||
| Nursing professionals build trusting relationships with females | Nursing professionals build trusting relationships with females | 16, 18 | ||
| Nursing professionals stay close to females | Nursing professionals maintain close contacts with the females | 22 | ||
| Fsu | Healthcare professionals are engaged in consulting services to couples/partners | Healthcare professionals provide counseling to couples/partners | 20, 26 | |
| Nursing professionals inform couples/partners about counseling services for ART | 15, 18, 26 | |||
| Nursing professionals adjust couple/partner relationships | Nursing professionals adjust couple/partner relationships | 18 | ||
| Nursing professionals support the decision-making process by couples/partners | Nursing professionals help couples/partners understand the current status of ART | 15, 16, 18 | ||
| Nursing professionals show empathetic understanding of the decision-making process of couples/partners undergoing ART | 14 | |||
| Nursing professionals support the decision-making process of females undergoing ART | 18 | |||
| Healthcare professionals provide satisfactory medical care to the couples/partners | Healthcare professionals provide satisfactory medical care to couples undergoing ART | 15, 17, 18 | ||
| Nursing professionals provide financial support to the couples/partners | Nursing professionals provide financial support to couples/partners undergoing ART | 18 | ||
| Ext | Mic | Nursing professionals provide opportunities for peer support to the couples/partners | Nursing professionals provide opportunities for peer support to couples/partners | 16 |
| Mac | Nursing professionals encourage medical doctors to relate to females | Nursing professionals encourage medical doctors to relate to females | 18 | |
| Chr | Nursing professionals encourage females to set and evaluate goals for ART | Nursing professionals discuss future ART goals with females | 15, 18 | |
| Nursing professionals encourage females to reflect on and self-evaluate their ART experience | 14, 18 | |||
| Healthcare professionals resolve female’s anxieties | Healthcare professionals resolve females’ anxieties | 14, 18, 23 | ||
| Nursing professionals respect females’ demands | Nursing professionals respect females’ demands | 18 | ||
| Nursing professionals facilitate the female’s process of becoming a mother | Nursing professionals encourage females to develop their identity as mothers | 14, 16 | ||
| Nursing professionals help to prevent complications of pregnancy | Nursing professionals help to prevent complications during pregnancy | 16 | ||
| Nursing professionals continuously engage with females | Nursing professionals continue to engage with females on the impact of ART | 15 | ||
| Healthcare professionals arrange time to provide personalized attention to the females | Nursing professionals have time to support females | 20, 22 | ||
| Healthcare professionals time their visits to coincide with the females’ ovulation | 21 | |||