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| A study on depression, anxiety status and correlative factors in infertile patients |
| Hits 1966 Download times 1742 Received:September 25, 2013 |
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| DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1673-9043.2014.01.06 |
| Key Words
infertility;depression and anxiety;correlative factors |
| Author Name | Affiliation | E-mail | | HE Hai-lian | Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China | | | XIA Tian | The First Affiatted Hospital of Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China | xiatian76@163.com | | WEN Ming-xiao | Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China | | | CHAO Chun-e | The First Affiatted Hospital of Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China | | | FU Yu | The First Affiatted Hospital of Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China | |
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| Abstract
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| [Objective] To investigate the incidence rates of depression and anxiety in infertility women and analyze the correlative factors. [Methods] One hundred infertility patients in reproductive age diagnosed in the infertility outpatient clinic and 50 age-matched healthy people served as control group were assessed through questionnaires including Zung's SDS (Self-Rating Depression Scale), SAS (Self-Rating Anxiety Scale) and personal basic information in the first affiliated hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Oct, 2012 to Apr, 2013. [Results] The incidence rates of depression and anxiety in the observed group were higher than that in the control group(P<0.05). Among the oberved group, the differences in age, disease duration, financial situation, the social and family relationship, education background and quality of sexual life the degree of fertility aspiration and so on could influence the score of SDS or SAS(P<0.05). [Conclusion] The incidence rates of depression and anxiety in sterility women are significantly higher than that in the general population, which are affected by many factors. We must, therefore, realize the role of psychological intervention in the process of treatment of infertility to improve their mental heath and increase the pregnancy rate. |
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