Anxiety and Depression before in vitro Fertilization - Men and Women React Diferently on the Cause of Infertility

Czech version

Authors: Koryntová; Síbrtová; Kloučková; Čepický; Řežábek; Živný
Authors‘ workplace: Gynekologicko-porodnická klinika VFN a 1. LF UK, Praha, přednosta prof. MUDr. . Živný, DrSc., Katedra psychologie Filozofické fakulty UK, Praha, vedoucí doc. PhDr. M. Rymeš, CSc., Levret, s. r. o., vedoucí MUDr. PhDr. P. Čepický, CSc.
Published in: Ceska Gynekol 2001; (1): 47-51
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Objecive:
Testing the depression, anxiety and/or frustration differences between women and mencoming for IVF treatment, depending on cause of infertility.Design: Prospective study.Setting: Assisted Reproduction Centre, Gynecology and Obstetrics Department, 1stMedical Faculty of Charles University, Apolinářská 18, Prague 2, 128 00 Czech Republic.Methods:66 infertile couples before IVF treatment were subjected to Becks Depression Inventory,State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and Dusin frustration test. Obtained test results were statisticallyprocessed and correlated to male of female factor of infertility.Results:The depression and anxiety scores in couples with female infertility factor were significantly higher (p < 0.05) in women than in man, while among couples with male infertility factorthe results of men and women were not significantly different.Conclusion: Women probably more suffer from guilty feeling in case of couple infertility thantheir partners. This phenomenon was expressed through higher depression and anxiety degree inwomen in couples with female infertility factor.

Key words:
psychology, IVF, anxiety, depression, gender, male, female infertility factor

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