The psychological health of women with infertility: Hopelessness, anxiety and depression levels

Bozdag, Gurkan; Terzioğlu, Candan; KAMIŞLI, Songul

doi:10.14744/phd.2020.48030

The psychological health of women with infertility: Hopelessness, anxiety and depression levels

Songül KAMIŞLI, (Çankırı Karatekin Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Gerontoloji Anabilim Dalı, Çankırı, Türkiye)

Candan TERZİOĞLU, (Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Hemşirelik Bölümü, Ankara, Türkiye)

Gürkan BOZDAĞ (Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye)

Psikiyatri Hemşireliği Dergisi

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Yıl: 2021 Cilt: 12 Sayı: 1 Sayfa Aralığı: 43 - 49 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.14744/phd.2020.48030 İndeks Tarihi: 10-05-2021

The psychological health of women with infertility: Hopelessness, anxiety and depression levels

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Objectives: This study was performed to determine the level of hopelessness, anxiety and depression in women whoapplied for infertility treatment.Methods: The study was conducted with 70 female patients who applied to the “IVF Unit” of a university hospital inAnkara, Turkey between October and November 2019, had agreed to participate in the study and were diagnosed withinfertility. The data of the study were collected using the face to face interview technique with the Beck HopelessnessInventory (BHI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Socio-demographic InformationForms. The ethical permission of the study was taken from the clinical research unit of the university where the researchwas conducted. Frequency and percentages in the evaluation of descriptive data; Chi-Square and Spearman Correlation Test was used for relationships and comparisons.Results: Of the participants, 44.4% completed high school and 21.4% had an undergraduate degree. Of them, 60%were unemployed and 57.2% are middle-income earners. Of them, 41.4% were 33 and older; 55.7% stated that theyhad no children due to infertility. The average year of marriage was 7.4, average years of unprotected intercourse was6.1, and BHI, BAI and BDI score averages were 7, 35 and 17 respectively. It was determined that there was a significant relationship between the status of unemployment of the women participating in the study and BHI, BAI and BDIscores, and between the years of unprotected intercourse and the BAI scores. It was observed that there was a negativecorrelation between women's education levels and the BAI and BDI scores, whereas there was a positive relationshipbetween unemployed and BHI, BAI and BDI.Conclusion: As the education levels of the women participating in the study decreased, BDI and BAI scores increased.It was observed that unemployed women had high scores on BHI, BAI and BDI, and anxiety scores increased as theyears they had unprotected intercourse increased. According to these findings, among women receiving infertilitytreatment; those with a low education level, those who do not work and those with many years of having unprotectedintercourse should be considered as a high risk group and screened for anxiety and depression. Nurses working in thefield of infertility should improve their psychosocial counseling skills and consultancy skills should be used actively inthe services provided in this field.

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APA	KAMIŞLI S, Terzioğlu C, Bozdag G (2021). The psychological health of women with infertility: Hopelessness, anxiety and depression levels. , 43 - 49. 10.14744/phd.2020.48030
Chicago	KAMIŞLI Songul,Terzioğlu Candan,Bozdag Gurkan The psychological health of women with infertility: Hopelessness, anxiety and depression levels. (2021): 43 - 49. 10.14744/phd.2020.48030
MLA	KAMIŞLI Songul,Terzioğlu Candan,Bozdag Gurkan The psychological health of women with infertility: Hopelessness, anxiety and depression levels. , 2021, ss.43 - 49. 10.14744/phd.2020.48030
AMA	KAMIŞLI S,Terzioğlu C,Bozdag G The psychological health of women with infertility: Hopelessness, anxiety and depression levels. . 2021; 43 - 49. 10.14744/phd.2020.48030
Vancouver	KAMIŞLI S,Terzioğlu C,Bozdag G The psychological health of women with infertility: Hopelessness, anxiety and depression levels. . 2021; 43 - 49. 10.14744/phd.2020.48030
IEEE	KAMIŞLI S,Terzioğlu C,Bozdag G "The psychological health of women with infertility: Hopelessness, anxiety and depression levels." , ss.43 - 49, 2021. 10.14744/phd.2020.48030
ISNAD	KAMIŞLI, Songul vd. "The psychological health of women with infertility: Hopelessness, anxiety and depression levels". (2021), 43-49. https://doi.org/10.14744/phd.2020.48030

APA	KAMIŞLI S, Terzioğlu C, Bozdag G (2021). The psychological health of women with infertility: Hopelessness, anxiety and depression levels. Psikiyatri Hemşireliği Dergisi, 12(1), 43 - 49. 10.14744/phd.2020.48030
Chicago	KAMIŞLI Songul,Terzioğlu Candan,Bozdag Gurkan The psychological health of women with infertility: Hopelessness, anxiety and depression levels. Psikiyatri Hemşireliği Dergisi 12, no.1 (2021): 43 - 49. 10.14744/phd.2020.48030
MLA	KAMIŞLI Songul,Terzioğlu Candan,Bozdag Gurkan The psychological health of women with infertility: Hopelessness, anxiety and depression levels. Psikiyatri Hemşireliği Dergisi, vol.12, no.1, 2021, ss.43 - 49. 10.14744/phd.2020.48030
AMA	KAMIŞLI S,Terzioğlu C,Bozdag G The psychological health of women with infertility: Hopelessness, anxiety and depression levels. Psikiyatri Hemşireliği Dergisi. 2021; 12(1): 43 - 49. 10.14744/phd.2020.48030
Vancouver	KAMIŞLI S,Terzioğlu C,Bozdag G The psychological health of women with infertility: Hopelessness, anxiety and depression levels. Psikiyatri Hemşireliği Dergisi. 2021; 12(1): 43 - 49. 10.14744/phd.2020.48030
IEEE	KAMIŞLI S,Terzioğlu C,Bozdag G "The psychological health of women with infertility: Hopelessness, anxiety and depression levels." Psikiyatri Hemşireliği Dergisi, 12, ss.43 - 49, 2021. 10.14744/phd.2020.48030
ISNAD	KAMIŞLI, Songul vd. "The psychological health of women with infertility: Hopelessness, anxiety and depression levels". Psikiyatri Hemşireliği Dergisi 12/1 (2021), 43-49. https://doi.org/10.14744/phd.2020.48030