Depression and anxiety among Polish infertile couples – an evaluative prevalence study

Drosdzol, Agnieszka; Skrzypulec, Violetta

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confidence: 58%

“…Mean time since start of the first unsuccessful attempt of getting pregnant was long, and the findings indicate that at the population level, and from a longitudinal perspective, the association between infertility and symptoms of depression is less pronounced than studies on women seeking help for infertility would suggest [1][2][3]7]. This study design was cross-sectional, with retrospective reports of infertility; therefore, firm conclusions about direction of causality, i.e.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…clinical samples) have found that levels of mental distress and symptoms of anxiety and depression are higher [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] and quality of life lower [6,[8][9][10][11] in infertile women compared with control samples without fertility problems or population norms [5,6]. Reports suggest that up to one-third of women seeking help for infertility score above cut-off values for a mental condition [1,11,12], which is similar to the prevalence of mental disorders seen in patients with somatic conditions [13]. However, the association between infertility and symptoms of common mental conditions may be less pronounced in the general female population than in infertility clinic attendees [14], as the less than half of couples [15,16] with infertility who seek medical help are more likely to have a longer duration of infertility, higher levels of distress and higher prevalence of co-morbid somatic conditions than non-help-seeking couples [7,17].…”

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Is infertility really associated with higher levels of mental distress in the female population? Results from the North-Trøndelag Health Study and the Medical Birth Registry of Norway

Biringer¹,

Howard²,

Keßler³

et al. 2015

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology

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Objective: To explore the effect of ever having tried to conceive for more than 12 months on levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms and to investigate if symptom levels of anxiety and depression in infertile women who remain childless, or go on to have children, respectively, differ from symptom levels in mothers without reports of infertility. Methods: Analyses were based on information from 12 584 Norwegian women aged 19-45 years who participated in the North-Trøndelag Health Study from 1995 to 1997 and data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway. Anxiety and depressive symptoms were measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Results: Having tried to conceive for more than 12 months (ever) was weakly associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms. In the categorical analyses, women with resolved infertility had higher levels of anxiety symptoms (B ¼ 0.25 (95% confidence interval (CI) ¼ 0.04-0.47)) and voluntarily childfree had lower levels of depressive symptoms (B ¼ -0.05 (95% CI ¼ -0.50 to -0.21)) than mothers without infertility. However, women with current primary or current secondary infertility had levels of anxiety and depression not significantly different from mothers without infertility. Conclusion: At the population level, and from a longitudinal perspective, unresolved infertility is less burdensome than findings from studies on women seeking help for infertility would suggest.

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Is infertility really associated with higher levels of mental distress in the female population? Results from the North-Trøndelag Health Study and the Medical Birth Registry of Norway

Biringer¹,

Howard²,

Keßler³

et al. 2015

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology

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“…women who have never been pregnant and cannot become pregnant) were more prone to depression symptoms than women with secondary infertility (Epstein & Resenberg, 2005). Drosdzol and Skrzypulec (2009) identified the following risk factors of depression and anxiety for infertile patients: being female, age over 30, low education level, no professional activity, diagnosed male infertility, and being infertile for 3-6 years. Moreover, the author's pilot studies concerning psychological costs also revealed statistically significant differences on the basis of method and treatment time (Dembińska, 2014a).…”

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Psychological determinants of life satisfaction in women undergoing infertility treatment

Dembińska¹

2016

Health Psychology Report

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Background Infertility treatment is a long-term process, spread out over months, or even years, and carries no guarantee of success. It generates an incessant state of uncertainty which becomes a chronic state of psychological discomfort. Each stage of treatment may become a source of more trouble. Women deciding to undergo infertility treatment are exposed to many negative feelings concerning different aspects of their life. Participants and procedure The present study was an attempt to understand psychological determinants of life satisfaction in women undergoing infertility treatment. The study group included 470 women treated for infertility. Results Patients perceiving more social support in general, as well as more of the support types used in the study, i.e. emotional, instrumental, informational and institutional support, and support from family and friends, have better self-esteem, higher acceptance of their infertility, higher satisfaction with life, higher hope as an emotional state, and lower levels of anxiety and depression. Three negative emotional states, i.e. anxiety, depression and irritation, are predictors influencing (lowering) life satisfaction of women struggling with infertility. The strongest of these predictors is depression, which is also a factor lowering the acceptance of one’s own infertility. The conducted analyses revealed that predictors influencing the life satisfaction of patients treated for infertility are self-esteem and acceptance of one’s own infertility (apart from the aforementioned emotional state – anxiety, depression, irritation). It was found that the higher the self-esteem and acceptance of one’s own infertility, the higher was the satisfaction with life. Conclusions Knowledge of these determinants is extremely valuable for medical personnel conducting treatments, because, according to many studies, the psychological state of women suffering from procreation problems is connected not only with effectiveness of the used procedures, but mostly with psychological support provided for such women.

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“…[48] Moreover, Drosdzol et al found that 35.4% infertile women scored above the cutoff for severe symptoms of depression. [49] According to the current study findings, it was revealed that the infertile women exhibited higher statistically significant between sociodemographic variables (age, level of educational, occupational status, occupation type, age at marriage, and family income adequacy) and Psychopathology in all parameters in the form of tension, anxiety, depression. Our findings reinforce the need for gynecologists and professionals as well as health care sectors to look for psychosocial distress in women undergoing infertility treatment.…”

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Infertility profile, psychological ramifications and reproductive tract infection among infertile women, in northern upper Egypt

Hassan

2015

JNEP

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Background and objective: Reproductive tract infections (RTI) can have serious consequences, such as miscarriage and infertility. Infertility is a growing universal phenomenon, "crossed nearly all cultures and societies almost all over the World", that has a tremendous impact on women's quality of life and their psychological well-being. This is due to various stress and anxiety factors experienced by them at each stage of their life. To decrease and prevent developing psychological distress the psychological aspects of infertility should be receive more attention. The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence rate of reproductive tract infections and the psychological consequences amongst those women who were infertile in relation to their sociodemographic characteristics, fertility history, assisted reproductive technology (ART) and RTI. Methods: Interview questionnaire with a convenience sample of 399 infertile women who were admitted to inpatient wards and/or attending to outpatient gynecological and infertility clinics at University Hospital, Health insurance Hospital and general Hospital in Beni-Suef City. Results: About 27.6% of study subjects had reproductive tract infections. Socio-cultural factors, gynecological issues, reproductive tract infections aggravated psychological distress amongst those women who were infertile in Northern Upper Egypt. A highly statistically significant deviation was observed (p = .000). Conclusions: Negative psychological consequences of childlessness are common and morbid in Northern, Upper Egyptian infertile women. Furthermore, infertility and psychological distress are associated in a complex way, which has to be taken care by the nurses and the clinicians to promote the quality of life of the women undergoing infertility treatment.

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Depression and anxiety among Polish infertile couples – an evaluative prevalence study

Abstract: The risk factors of depression and anxiety in infertility include: female sex, age over 30, lower level of education, lack of occupational activity, diagnosed male infertility and infertility duration of 3-6 years.

Cited by 116 publications

References 26 publications

Is infertility really associated with higher levels of mental distress in the female population? Results from the North-Trøndelag Health Study and the Medical Birth Registry of Norway

Is infertility really associated with higher levels of mental distress in the female population? Results from the North-Trøndelag Health Study and the Medical Birth Registry of Norway

Psychological determinants of life satisfaction in women undergoing infertility treatment

Infertility profile, psychological ramifications and reproductive tract infection among infertile women, in northern upper Egypt

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