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Published in: BMC Women's Health 1/2021

Open Access 01-12-2021 | Fertility | Research article

Psychological well-being of infertile women and its relationship with demographic factors and fertility history: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Farnaz Sohbati, Seyedeh Batool Hasanpoor-Azghady, Mina Jafarabadi, Leila Amiri-Farahani, Marzieh Mohebbi

Published in: BMC Women's Health | Issue 1/2021

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Abstract

Background

Infertility leads to a wide range of psychological injuries that may reduce psychological well-being. This study aimed to determine the psychological well-being of infertile women and its relation with demographic factors and fertility history.

Methods

This cross-sectional study was conducted on 300 infertile women referred to three infertility centres, Tehran, Iran. The sampling was continuous. We collected data from a self-generated demographic and fertility questionnaire and Ryff's Psychological Well-being Scale (PWB). Data analysis was done by independent t-test, one way ANOVA. The significance level was set at P < 0.05.

Results

The results showed that there was no significant relationship between demographic variables including age, occupation of each couple, spousal’s education, economic status and place of residence with PWB, but the mean score of PWB was significantly different in women's educational levels (P = 0.03). There was also a significant difference between the mean score of PWB among different groups in the duration of marriage (P = 0.01). Fertility characteristics variables include the duration of infertility, duration of treatment of infertility, and current treatment were not the relation with PWB. However, the mean score of PWB in the number of IVF (P = 0.003) and the failed IVF pregnancies (P = 0.01) had a significant statistical difference.

Conclusion

The results showed that PWB related to several variables. Paying attention to these variables can help in the preparation and development of counseling or educational programs.
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Metadata
Title
Psychological well-being of infertile women and its relationship with demographic factors and fertility history: a cross-sectional study
Authors
Farnaz Sohbati
Seyedeh Batool Hasanpoor-Azghady
Mina Jafarabadi
Leila Amiri-Farahani
Marzieh Mohebbi
Publication date
01-12-2021
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Women's Health / Issue 1/2021
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6874
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-020-01167-3

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