Examination of sexual functions and depressive symptoms among infertile and fertile women

Öztürk, Selda; Süt, Hatice Kahyaoğlu; Küçük, Leyla

doi:10.12669/pjms.35.5.615

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“…It seems that planned intercourses based on infertility treatment severely disrupts the women's sexual function and makes the couples' relationships unpleasant (45). Thus, the couples' unfavorable relationships, failed attempts at childbearing, and the stressors of those around them may alter their sexual function (46,47). The inconsistency in the results of studies in this field may be due to factors affecting sexual function such as age, length of marriage, spouse's age, education level, income level, duration of infertility, gender, type of infertility, and body mass index (48, 49, and 50).…”

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Concerns of Infertile Women Candidates for Egg Donation: A Qualitative Study

Bagheri

Jafarabadi

Rahimparvar

et al. 2020

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Objective: Women with premature ovarian insufficiency, menopause, gonadal dysgenesis, and genetic disorders as well as those with a history of recurrent in vitro fertilization failure may benefit from the assisted fertility techniques. These women experience concerns that directly affect their married life especially in egg donation treatment. This study was conducted to investigate the reproductive health concerns of infertile women who were candidates for egg donation. Materials and methods: This qualitative content analysis was conducted in 17 infertile women who were referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital Infertility Clinic from July 2018 to March 2019. The participants were selected through purposeful sampling. Data were collected through individual in-depth semistructured interviews. A conventional qualitative content analysis approach was adopted for data analysis using the MAXQDA12 software. Results: The results of data analysis showed five themes, including threatened married life, lack of supportive situation, religious beliefs, psychosocial damage, and damaged feminine identity. Conclusion: Infertility is usually accompanied by a great psychological sadness referred to as "stress of infertility". Assisted reproductive techniques (ART) are also a source of stress for patients; therefore, it has a significant impact on the marital relationship and mental health of infertile women. Hence, there is a need for psychological support from the treatment team to reduce woman reproductive health concerns.

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Concerns of Infertile Women Candidates for Egg Donation: A Qualitative Study

Bagheri

Jafarabadi

Rahimparvar

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“…To the best of our knowledge, this is the rst study addresses a psychological disorder, depression, in infertile women. A growing body of evidence emphasized on psychological aspect of infertility in women (1,6,10,(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23). Infertility is a source of stress for couples who are unable to conceive and depression was most commonly reported and its incidence varied among societies and countries.…”

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“…Infertility is inability of couples to achieve pregnancy and to have children after at least one year or more of organized sexual intercourse without protection methods (1) Infertility is not only a physical dysfunction or organ failure, and it affects all aspects of couples' life which requires further care and attention (2) .…”

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Depression among infertile women in Gaza strip: Prevalence and correlates

Elsous¹,

El-Kass²,

Salama³

et al. 2020

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Abstract Background Psychological disorders are expected for women suffering from infertility. Depression is a predictable consequence and requires more investigations and considerations. This study aimed to determine prevalence and severity of depression and its predictors among infertile women in Gaza strip, Palestine using a cross-sectional design. Methods A cross sectional study was carried out among three hundred eighty five infertile males from Jan 2019 to Dec 2019. Participants were selected from three main In-vitro fertilization centers (IVFs) following simple random sampling. The Arabic version of Beck depression inventory was used. Logistic regression was performed to determine independent factors associated with depression. The value 0.05 or less was considered statistically significant Results The mean age of participated women was 29 ± 6.58 years, and mean duration of marriage and infertility were 7.76 ± 5.31 and 5.43 ± 3.50 years, respectively. Half of women had some form of depression (22.3%, 8.6% and 10.6% showed to have mild depression, moderate and severe depression, respectively). Predictors of depression were: duration of marriage (Wald test: 10.493; CI95%: 0.248–0.774), at least one abortion (Wald test: 21.233, CI95%: 1.863–4.528), primary infertility (Wald test: 6.666, CI95%: 1.148–2.742) and husband cause of infertility (Wald test: 10.878, CI95%: 0.800–0.982). Conclusion Infertility has an effect on the psychological aspect of women' life. Psychological intervention including counselling, support and therapy would be necessary to limit consequences of infertility. Such interventions could be implemented in infertility treatment clinics.

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“…In the present study, the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) in the TL women was around 50% in comparison to 27.4% in infertile group and 8.5% in condom groups. Therefore results from many studies have con rmed that women with infertility had an increase in sexual dysfunction (33)(34)(35). Omani-Samani (36) carried out a meta-analysis study to estimate the prevalence of FSD among infertile Iranian women.…”

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The Impact of Infertility on Various Aspects of Women's Lives in Comparison With Tubal Ligation Control: A Cross-sectional Study

Ashrafi

Sadatmahalleh

Mirzaei

et al. 2020

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Background The aim of this study is to assess anxiety, depression, body image, self-esteem, sexual function (SF), and quality of life (QoL) in infertile women in Iran and to compare the results with fertile women (used a condom) and those with tubal ligation (TL) (as control groups). Methods This cross-sectional study was carried out on infertile women, women who had undergone TL (control 1), and women who had used a condom (control 2) (200 women in each group). They were selected from the Royan Institute in Tehran (Iran) and a number of health care centers in Tehran (Iran) from May 2017 to February 2019. The subjects were asked to fill out the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12), Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Body Image Concern Inventory (BICI), and Rosenberg’ Self-Esteem Scale (RSES). One-way ANOVA was used to find the statistical differences between the three groups. Results All mean values FSFI were found to be lower in the TL women and the differences between the three groups were statistically significant in all domains. Women with TL had more female sexual dysfunction (FSD) (22.43 ± 5.30 vs 24.79 ± 4.74 vs 28.03 ± 3.29, P˂0.001). There was a significant difference between the three groups in SF-12 scores (76.59 ± 13.14 vs 68.49 ± 14.47 vs 78.87 ± 12.62, P˂0.001). Also, there was a significant difference between the three groups in anxiety, depression, and total scores HADS (P˂0.001). Infertile women had lower body image (P˂0.05) and self-esteem was lower in the TL group (P˂0.05). Conclusions Our findings reveal the adverse effects of TL on the anxiety and depression, sexual life, body image, and QoL of women. It is recommended that the awareness and knowledge of health-care professionals regarding the side-effects of TL in the above-mentioned aspects of women’s lives should be increased and discussed with patients.

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Examination of sexual functions and depressive symptoms among infertile and fertile women

Cited by 30 publications

References 14 publications

Concerns of Infertile Women Candidates for Egg Donation: A Qualitative Study

Concerns of Infertile Women Candidates for Egg Donation: A Qualitative Study

Depression among infertile women in Gaza strip: Prevalence and correlates

The Impact of Infertility on Various Aspects of Women's Lives in Comparison With Tubal Ligation Control: A Cross-sectional Study

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