Comparison of quality of life in infertile women undergoing IVF fertilization therapy (IVF) and fertile women

Document Type : Brief Report

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1 M.Sc. in clinical psychology, Guilan Research Sciences, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran

2 Ph.D. of community health, Associate professor of Department of Midwifery, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran

3 Associate professor of Psychology Department, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran

Abstract

Introduction:  Infertility is known as a stressful experience all over the world. The aim of this study was to compare the quality of life in infertile women undergoing IVF and fertile women in Rasht.
Materials and Methods: In this study, 275 women referring to Rasht Mehr Infertility Institute from July to November 2016 were selected and data collected and analyzed based on demographic questions and WHOQOL-BREF quality of life questionnaire. In this research, multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used to test the hypotheses and data were analyzed using SPSS18.
Results:The results of MANOVA test showed that quality of life in infertile women treated with IVF and fertile women had a significant difference and there were significant differences between the four subscales of quality of life in two areas of psychology and social relationships (P=0.001) However, there was no significant difference in terms of physical health (P=0.59) and the area of life environment (P=0.89).
Conclusion: In general, the quality of life in fertile women was more favorable than infertile women treated with IVF in both psychological and social domains but the differences between two groups in the area of physical health and the environment were not significant.

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Journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 20, Issue 6
November and December 2018
Pages 399-403

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