Trial development of the Cognitive Appraisal Scale for Infertility (CASI) (version 1)

Saito, Yoshiko; Matsuo, Hiroya

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.03.052

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“…Recently, Saito et al . used the SDS with State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) to develop and assess the Cognitive Appraisal Scale for Infertility (CASI) [26]. In contrast, by using HADS, we can assess anxiety and depression.…”

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Evaluation of factors associated with the anxiety and depression of female infertility patients

Ogawa

Takamatsu

Horiguchi

2011

BioPsychoSocial Med

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BackgroundBecause the primary aim of infertility treatment is to achieve pregnancy, mental health care during this treatment is often neglected. However, the inability to conceive children is stressful for couples throughout the world. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate factors related to the anxiety and depression of female infertility patients.MethodsParticipants included 83 Japanese women who initially visited the Reproduction Center of the Tokyo Dental College Ichikawa General Hospital to undergo testing and receive infertility treatment between February and April 2008. We administered two psychological tests, the Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) test and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) test. We then examined the association of the test results with age, pregnancy and delivery history, employment status, duration of infertility, infertility treatment history, and male infertility.ResultsAs patient age increased, total HADS and depression scores also increased. No correlation was observed between duration of infertility and SDS or HADS scores. Results were similar when the presence and absence of delivery history was compared. Patients who underwent infertility treatment were more likely to have high HADS depression scores compared to patients who had not undergone treatment. Additionally, patients whose husbands were infertile had significantly lower total HADS and anxiety scores than those whose husbands were not infertile.ConclusionsAge and male infertility are factors that influence the presence of anxiety and depression in female infertility patients.

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Evaluation of factors associated with the anxiety and depression of female infertility patients

Ogawa

Takamatsu

Horiguchi

2011

BioPsychoSocial Med

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“…Previous infertility studies have used general questionnaires referring to anxiety and depression [4,[12][13][14][15][16], however, these instruments may not capture specific issues related to infertility and thus have decreased sensitivity in assessing patients' different reactions caused by infertility due to their mainly focusing on emotional consequence, not referring to other changing caused by infertility. Although other questionnaires, such as the Infertility Self-Efficacy scale [17], Infertility Reaction Scale [18] and Coping Scale for Infertile Couples [19], are specifically designed for infertility, they cannot effectively characterize the multidimensional nature of infertility-stress due to their psychometric purpose and specific contents with unidimension, also Infertility Reaction Scale does not have evidence of reliability or validity [20]. Thus, it is crucial that the infertility-related stress should be assessed by using validated multidimensional instrument, which can be helpful for providing the effective strategies and interventions in couple's experiencing infertility by combining with evaluation of full spectrum of stressors associated with infertility.…”

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Testing the psychometric properties of Mandarin version of the fertility problem inventory (M-FPI) in an infertile Chinese sample

Peng¹,

Coates

Merriman

et al. 2011

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology

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The Fertility Problem Inventory (FPI) is an instrument to measure infertility-related stress, and has been widely used in a range of clinical settings. It has been translated into several languages, however there is no validated Mandarin version. The present study tests the psychometric properties of the Mandarin version of FPI (M-FPI). A hospital sample of 223 infertile Chinese couples (223 men and 223 women) completed the M-FPI along with other measures including demographics, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale, which were used to assess the reliability and validity of the Mandarin version of FPI. Results showed that the M-FPI was best reduced to a five? factor solution, and all 46 items of the M-FPI showed moderate to high internal consistency. In addition, the test of convergent and discriminant validity from this study indicated satisfactory results. These results indicate that the M-FPI as an instrument is reliable and valid for use with infertile Chinese couples in clinical assessment.

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“…Therefore, based on the fertility adjustment scale (Glover et al . ), cognitive appraisal of infertility scale (Saito & Matsuo ) and loss and deprivation questionnaire (Achmon, 1984; cited in Levy‐Shiff et al . ), four items were adapted to measure the loss of biological parenthood.…”

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“…Some of the items in the extant infertility scales were found to be inappropriate for the current study.Therefore, based on the fertility adjustment scale (Glover et al 1999), cognitive appraisal of infertility scale (Saito & Matsuo 2009) and loss and deprivation questionnaire (Achmon, 1984;cited in Levy-Shiff et al 1991), four items were adapted to measure the loss of biological parenthood. The sample items were: 'Not being able to have a child of my own makes me feel failure' and 'I can't help comparing myself with friends who have their own biological children'.…”

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Adoption disclosure: experiences of Indian domestic adoptive parents

Mohanty

Ahn

Chokkanathan

2014

Child & Family Social Work

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A B S T R AC TAdoption disclosure is an important indicator of the healthy development and psychological well-being of adopted children. However, findings from studies conducted among Asian domestic adoptive parents have highlighted some concerns. Using Kirk's theoretical proposition, a study was conducted among 86 Indian domestic adoptive parents to determine the societal and familial factors related to adoption disclosure. The results showed that while many of the parents had talked openly about their adoption to their immediate families (95.3%) and others of their social network (88.4%), they were hesitant in telling the child. Only 12.8% of the Indian parents had told their child about adoption, and 31.4% were planning to tell. The results of the logistic regression analysis revealed that children who were above 6 months at adoption were more likely to have had disclosures from their parents about their adoption. Further, adoptive parents who had told or were planning to tell their child about adoption perceived less about the loss of the biological parenthood and were more likely to perceive the beneficial effects of adoption disclosure to the child. These findings have implications for the provision of appropriate strategies, resources and support to adoptive families seeking to deal with adoption disclosure.

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Trial development of the Cognitive Appraisal Scale for Infertility (CASI) (version 1)

Cited by 4 publications

References 39 publications

Evaluation of factors associated with the anxiety and depression of female infertility patients

Evaluation of factors associated with the anxiety and depression of female infertility patients

Testing the psychometric properties of Mandarin version of the fertility problem inventory (M-FPI) in an infertile Chinese sample

Adoption disclosure: experiences of Indian domestic adoptive parents

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