Comparison of multiple psychological distress measures between men and women preparing for in vitro fertilization

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• 作者：Christina L. Wichman ; Shawna L. Ehlers ; Scott E. Wichman ; Amy L. Weaver ; Charles Coddington
• 关键词：Infertility ; in vitro fertilization ; psychological distress ; depression ; anxiety ; stress
• 刊名：Fertility and Sterility
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：February 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：95
• 期：2
• 页码：717-721
• 全文大小：97 K

文摘

lass=""h4"">Objective

To compare multiple measures of psychological distress between men and women preparing for IVF.

lass=""h4"">Design

Retrospective cohort study.

lass=""h4"">Setting

Outpatient, academic infertility clinic.

lass=""h4"">Patient(s)

One hundred sixty-two consecutive couples presenting for infertility treatment with IVF.

lass=""h4"">Intervention(s)

Measures were completed as part of a routine, infertility-focused psychological evaluation, including the Beck Depression Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, State-Trait Anger Inventory, and Impact of Events Scale.

lass=""h4"">Main Outcome Measure(s)

Scores of above psychological questionnaires.

lass=""h4"">Result(s)

Psychological distress scores were statistically significantly higher among women than men for symptoms of depression, state anxiety, infertility specific distress, and general perceived stress. However, aside from infertility-specific distress (d = .43), effect sizes for the paired differences between females and males ranged from d = .18 to .23.

lass=""h4"">Conclusion(s)

Women consistently scored higher on multiple measures of psychological distress than their male partners in the context of preparing for IVF. Comparison of infertility-specific distress scores yielded the largest statistically and clinically significant difference compared with traditional measures of general depression and anxiety symptoms.