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The comparison of mental health in fertile and infertile women

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

H. Jamilian ,
M. Jamilian  and
F. Doroodgar Hezaveh
H. Jamilian
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Arak, Iran
M. Jamilian
Affiliation:
Gynecology and Obstetrics, Arak University of Medical Scienses, Arak, Iran
F. Doroodgar Hezaveh
Affiliation:
Azad University of Khomein, Arak, Iran

Abstract

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Introduction

Infertility affects life of couples and family function. Infertility can cause mental disturbances in some studies.

Aims

The goal of this study was the comparison of mental health in fertile and infertile women.

Methods

A case-control study was done in Arak-Iran, Taleghani hospital which is a center of Gynecology, in 2010. 60 infertile women as case group and 60 fertile women as control group participated in the study, randomly. Both groups were assessed by GHQ questionnaire and data were analyzed by T-Test and logistic regression.

Results

The severity of mental disturbances were much more in infertile women (P < 0.001). Social dysfunction (P < 0.001) and somatic complaints (P < 0.001) were also higher in infertile women. The probability of mental disturbances was much higher in infertile women (P < 0.001 and OR = 5.57).

Conclusion

Mental health of infertile women is very critical and disturbed. The findings of our study necessitate the multidimensional interventions in the treatment of infertility.

Type
P03-496
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 1666
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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