Psychiatric symptoms in Turkish infertile women
JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, vol.24, no.4, pp.267-271, 2003 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 24 Issue: 4
- Publication Date: 2003
- Doi Number: 10.3109/01674820309074691
- Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.267-271
- Keywords: anxiety, depression, female infertility, psychiatric symptoms, FERTILITY PROBLEMS, DEPRESSION, ADJUSTMENT, DISTRESS, RESPONSES, DISORDERS, INVENTORY, STRESS, SCALE, IVF
- Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
The aims of this study were to determine the psychiatric symptoms which may develop because of infertility in Turkish women and to find out the precipitating factors. Fifty women with primary infertility and 50 healthy controls were evaluated using the Beck Depression Inventory, Spielberger Stait-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Rosenberg self-esteem scale and Symptom Checklist scale. They were also asked to describe the reactions received from their husband, husbands' families and social group because of infertility.