ArticleJournal of reproduction & infertility
The Relationship Between Infertility, Stress, and Quality of Life with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Infertile Women.
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- Effect of guided imagery relaxation on stress in infertile women candidates for in vitro fertilization.BMC psychology · 2025Trial
- The Effect of Couples Coping Enhancement Counseling on Stress and Dyadic Coping on Infertile Couples: A Parallel Randomized Controlled Trial Study.International journal of fertility & sterility · 2022Trial
- Experiences of infertility-related traumatic events and their association with symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD: results from a mixed-methods online survey.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Evaluation of coping mechanisms and depression, anxiety, and stress in women with infertility: A cross-sectional study.International journal of reproductive biomedicine · 2026Article
- Mindfulness-based counseling for sexual relational concern in infertile women: A clinical trial protocol.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
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- Infertility as Trauma: Understanding the Lived Experience of Involuntary Childlessness.Culture, medicine and psychiatry · 2024Article
- Impact of primary care posttraumatic stress disorder (PC-PTSD) on fertility problem of Iranian women with infertility during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Women's Narratives on Infertility as a Traumatic Event: An Exploration of Emotional Processing through the Referential Activity Linguistic Program.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe infertility experience and its treatment are accompanied by the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The aim of this study was determining the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and quality of life and the infertile women's stress.
methodsIn this descriptive-analytic study, 172 infertile women were divided in four groups. Convenience sampling was done and eligible infertile women referred to Qafqaz Infertility Center in Iran were included in the study. The data was collected between January and March 2019 through posttraumatic stress disorder checklist, The Fertility Quality of Life (FertiQoL) questionnaire, and Newton's infertility stress questionnaire. Pearson correlation, linear regression analysis, and two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were applied for data analysis with a significance level of 0.05.
resultsThe results of two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed that there was no significant relationship between the type of treatment (p=0.548) and the reception of psychological intervention (p=0.450). In addition, the results of Pearson correlation showed that there was an inverse significant relationship between the total score of posttraumatic stress disorder and quality of life (r=-0.91, p<0.001) and a direct relationship between the total score of posttraumatic stress disorder and level of stress (r=0.56, p<0.001).
conclusionThe results of this study showed that 41.3% of the infertile women had the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. Due to the relationships of posttraumatic stress disorder with the quality of life and infertility stress, providing regular designed psychological interventions is recommended for infertile individuals.
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