Psychological Distress in Women Who Have Experienced Intrauterine Insemination

Abstract

The factors studied are important to understand psychological distress in women who have undergone IUI treatment.

Somatic symptoms, sleep disturbance and psychological distress among women undergoing oocyte pick‐up and in vitro fertilisation–embryo transfer

“…The average BSRS‐5 score was 4·01 (SD = 3·63) for OPU; but it was 5·0 (SD = 4·1) for IUI and 7·48 (SD = 4·50) for IVF–ET (Lin et al . ). According to the cut‐off point of a BSRS‐5 score, 32·5%, 29·0% and 61·0% of women undergoing IUI, OPU and IVF–ET, respectively, were suffering from psychological distress (Lin et al .…”

“…According to the cut‐off point of a BSRS‐5 score, 32·5%, 29·0% and 61·0% of women undergoing IUI, OPU and IVF–ET, respectively, were suffering from psychological distress (Lin et al . ). The percentage was higher than ordinary females, which is 23·1% (Tsou ).…”

“…This is the reason women experiencing OPU and IVF–ET had a higher age of 34·5 years (SD = 3·9) than those experiencing IUI (Lin et al . ). IVF–ET treatment is usually the final choice of the infertile woman (Lee et al .…”

“…Our previous studies documented 32·5% of the women experiencing IUI reported psychological distress (Lin et al . ), and 35% had sleep disturbances (Lin et al . ).…”

Procreative sex in infertile couples: the decay of pleasure? A letter to the editor

“…These participants were undergoing intrauterine insemination, which Lin et al found to be psychologically distressing to some women. The final strength of the study was the inclusion of both partners because infertility is a shared experience [3]. The importance here is that we can compare and contrast the differences between experiences.…”