An increased vulnerability to stress is associated with a poor outcome of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer treatment

Facchinetti, Fabio; Matteo, Maria Lucia; Artini, Gp; Volpe, Annibale; Genazzani, Ar

doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(97)81916-4

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“…Furthermore, in recent decades the status of women in general has been undergoing significant change 26 . Other studies indicate a decrease in infertile women's depression when they have their own profession or work outside the home; our study had the same finding [27][28][29] . However, another study conducted in 2004 by Oguz found that women's working status had no effect on depression and anxiety scores 30 .…”

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confidence: 86%

The effect of anxiety and depression scores of couples who underwent assisted reproductive techniques on the pregnancy outcomes

Terzioğlu¹,

Türk²,

Yücel³

et al. 2016

Afr H. Sci.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of anxiety and depression scores of couples who underwent Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART) on pregnancy outcomes. Method: This study was conducted as a prospective and comparative study with 217 couples. The study data was collected by using a semi-structured questionnaire and the Turkish version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The questionnaire, STAI and BDI were applied to couples who initiated ART treatment. Couples' state anxiety scores were re-evaluated after embryo transfer (ET). Results: A significant relationship was found between the depression score of women and pregnancy outcome (p < 0.05). It was determined that anxiety scores for both men and women were higher before the ART procedure, but their anxiety scores decreased after ET (p < 0.05). Spouses of women with a negative pregnancy outcome had higher trait and state anxiety mean scores (p > 0.05) and lower depression scores (p <0.05) than spouses of women with a positive pregnancy outcome. Conclusion: Study results indicated that the anxiety and depression scores of couples who had achieved a positive pregnancy result were lower than for couples with a negative result. The results of this study will contribute to the health professionals especially to the nurses who spend the most time with couples in providing consulting services and supporting psychological status of couples during ART process in Turkey.

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confidence: 86%

The effect of anxiety and depression scores of couples who underwent assisted reproductive techniques on the pregnancy outcomes

Terzioğlu¹,

Türk²,

Yücel³

et al. 2016

Afr H. Sci.

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“…There are indeed findings to reflect a much higher prevalence and levels of psychological distress in the sample of infertility patients compared to a normative sample [24,25]. Distress has been seen both as a cause of infertility [26,27] and as a consequence of infertility [21,28]. In a review of research about consequences of infertility, Griel [29] reported that the majority of studies have demonstrated that infertile couples are moderately different from fertile norms on some indices such as depression and interpersonal sensitivity.…”

Section: A Cross-cultural Study About Positive and Negative Emotions mentioning

confidence: 99%

Reversal of the Norm: Pressure Discrepancies on the Two Sides of the Septum in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients with Congestive Heart Failure

Magbri¹,

Rashid²,

Brar³

2018

Acta Psychopathol

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Recently Diener et al. used a new measurement to distinguish between cognitive/ global and emotional components of well-being. Kormi-Nouri et al. examined this distinction among Swedish and Iranian university students and found no cultural differences in cognitive component but cultural differences in emotional component. The present study examined the distinction between global/cognitive and emotional components of well-being where the two groups of Swedish and Iranian participants were in an unpleasant situation and experience a significant amount of stress and negative emotions, namely infertility. The results showed no difference between infertile Swedish and Iranian women in flourishing. However, infertile Swedish women reported higher levels of positive and negative emotions than infertile Iranian women. In both infertile populations, the most predictive affect with regard to flourishing was the balance affect. It was concluded that, under a stressful and unpleasant situation like infertility compared to a normal situation, the same pattern of distinction between global/cognitive and emotional components of well-being can be still observable. However, negative emotions can act differently at cultural level: they become more noticeable in the Swedish population than in the Iranian population. The results are discussed with respect to individualistic-collectivistic dimension.

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“…Personality tests are the most common method to identify traits that correlate to aberrant stress response with poor reproductive outcome (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21). However, despite the wide array of testing, no consistent personality characteristic has been identified.…”

Section: How Is An Aberrant Stress Response Currently Measured?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, despite the wide array of testing, no consistent personality characteristic has been identified. Physiologic responses are thought to be less subjective than personality tests and have also been studied as stress response markers, with similar mixed results (6,11,16). Finally, various biochemical markers of acute (1,11,15,17) and chronic (1,22,23) stress have been studied.…”

Section: How Is An Aberrant Stress Response Currently Measured?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The studies on the association between an aberrant stress response and poor fertility outcomes are mixed, with studies supporting an association (1,6,8,11,12,15,17,22,(24)(25)(26), studies refuting an association (13,18,(27)(28)(29), and even a study suggesting a positive impact of stress on reproduction (14). In addition, there are studies demonstrating a negative impact of stress on male reproduction (19,30,31).…”

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Stress relief to augment fertility: the pressure mounts

Catherino

2011

Fertility and Sterility

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An increased vulnerability to stress is associated with a poor outcome of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer treatment

Cited by 103 publications

References 21 publications

The effect of anxiety and depression scores of couples who underwent assisted reproductive techniques on the pregnancy outcomes

The effect of anxiety and depression scores of couples who underwent assisted reproductive techniques on the pregnancy outcomes

Reversal of the Norm: Pressure Discrepancies on the Two Sides of the Septum in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients with Congestive Heart Failure

Stress relief to augment fertility: the pressure mounts

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