ArticleReproductive health2021
Prevalence of anxiety and its associated factors among infertile patients after 'two-child' policy in Chongqing, China: a cross-sectional study.
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- Trends in global and national infertility and factors associated with primary infertile couples in recent middle-aged Chinese.PloS one · 2025Article
- Network analysis of stress and stigma symptoms and their associations with quality of life among Chinese female infertility patients.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Cortisol dysregulation in anxiety infertile women and the influence on IVF treatment outcome.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
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backgroundWith the prevalence of infertility increasing every year around the world, it has seriously impacted the individual quality of family and social life. Anxiety is one of the most prevalent anxiety disorders among infertile patients. After the two-child policy, whether it affected the prevalence of anxiety is controversial. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of anxiety and its potential risk factors among Chinese infertile women after the enforcement of 'two-child policy'.
methodsThis cross-sectional study included 693 infertile patients in a reproductive medical center in Chongqing, China, between February 2016 and December 2018. Data was collected by Self-filling questionnaires including basic demographic information and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7). SPSS statistical software (IBM SPSS version 25) was used to analyse the obtained data. Descriptive analysis was used to describe basic information and anxiety scores, the chi-square test and binary logistic regression were used to analyse the relationship between anxiety and other variables.
resultsThe prevalence of anxiety among total infertile patients was 21.8%, and its 23.5% among first-child infertile patients (FI), and 18.4% among second-child infertile patients (SI) respectively (P > 0.05). Binary logistic regression showed that patients with lower education levels were more likely to have anxiety (P < 0.01). Patients with middle salary incomes were more likely to have anxiety (OR = 1.860, 95% CI: 1.068-3.238). Oral contraception taking history (OR = 1.778, 95% CI: 1.186-2.667), and history of allergy (OR = 2.098, 95% CI: 1.219-3.612) were associated with anxiety.
conclusionsUnder the full liberalization of the "two-child policy", the total prevalence of anxiety among Chinese infertile female is comparatively high. Low education levels, middle incomes, oral contraception taking and allergy history can be the related risk factors of anxiety. We promote that all infertile patients should be evaluated for the prevalence of anxiety, especially those with potential risks, and receive consultant or targeted treatment when needed.
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