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Background: Even though infertility is not a mortal condition, being diagnosed as infertile can be a nerve - racking experience for couples. Infertility can cause psychological distress, emotional stress and financial difficulties for bothpartners. The study aims to evaluate the depression and stress of infertility patients at Hue Central Hospital using the DASS-21 scale and find out factors which related to these conditions in the research objects.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study were conducted including 125 couples were diagnosed with infertility according to WHO criteria 2010 at the Center for Assisted Reproduction - Obstetrics and Gynecology Center, Hue Central Hospital from September 30, 2023 to November 15, 2023. The couples underwent interviews using an established set of questions. These questions encompassed demographic information such as age, occupation, education level, geography, religion, and ethnicity; obstetric history and infertility characteristics; family and social pressures, as well as DASS-21 scores.
Results: The wife’s anxiety, stress, and depression rates were 72,8%, 60,0%, and 59,2%, respectively while these rates at the husband were 73,6%, 56.8%, and 58,4% respectively. Factors related to anxiety included history of infertility treatment [aOR 3.26 (1.14 - 9.25); 0.027], social pressure [aOR 2.6 (1.11 - 6.22); 0.027] for wives; age [aOR 2.37 (1.00 - 5.65); 0.050] and family pressure [aOR 2,69 (1.15 - 6.31); 0.022] for husband. Factors related to depression included age [aOR 4.21 (1.6 - 11.06); 0.004], ethnicity [aOR 12.27 (2.24 - 67.30); 0.004] and family pressure [aOR 5.71 (2.22 - 14.69); 0.001] for wives; age [aOR 2.73 (1.17 - 6.34); 0.019], education level [aOR 3.16 (1.11 - 8.97); 0.031], finance [aOR 2.46 (1.00 - 6.07); 0.050] and social pressure [aOR 4.21 (1.50 - 11.88); 0.006] for husbands. Factors related to stress included social pressure aOR 3.5 (1.38 - 9.08); 0.008] for wives and history of miscarriage [aOR 3.41 (1.24 - 9.41); 0.017] and social pressure [aOR 5.1 (1.90 - 13.68); 0.001] for husbands.
Conclusion: Psychological disorders of infertility patients were quite high. Factors that can increase the risk of anxiety, stress and depression in infertility patients were: age, ethnic minorities, high education level, poor financial status, history of miscarriage, family and social pressure.
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| Issue | No. 94 (2024) | |
| Section | Original article | |
| DOI | 10.38103/jcmhch.94.8 | |
| Keywords | Vô sinh, Hiếm muộn, Lo âu, Trầm cảm, Stress Infertility, Anxiety, Depression, Stress |
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