Anxiety (DASS21) and the Quality of Life (FertiQol) of Infertile Women Underwent In Vitro Fertilization
| Autor: | Dian Tjahyadi, Bayu Indrayana Irsyad, Ahmad Yogi Pramatirta, Santi Andayani |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Indonesian |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Majalah Kedokteran Bandung, Vol 55, Iss 2 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0126-074X 2338-6223 |
| DOI: | 10.15395/mkb.v55n2.2934 |
| Popis: | Infertility affects physical and mental health and has various consequences. In vitro fertilization (IVF) is one of the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) programs that include several phases, requiring longer time, more patience, and is expensive. This may make women who undergo the ART program to have higher stress level, especially anxiety. This study aimed to determine the relationship between anxiety and quality of life in infertile patients undergoing assisted reproductive technology programs. This was a cross-sectional observational analytic study performed at Aster Fertility Clinic, Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital and Bandung Fertility Center, Limijati Hospital Bandung, Indonesia, from February until April 2020. The analysis was performed using the DASS21 scale and FertiQol count on 27 subjects undergoing the IVF program and 30 control subjects who were pregnant without IVF program. The statistical analyses used to determine the condition of anxiety and the condition of quality of life were the Chi-square and the Mann-Whitney tests, while the relationship between anxiety and quality of life as the main subject was measured using the Spearman correlation test. The anxiety level as measured with the DASS21 instrument in the subject and control groups was 6.2 vs 0.7 with p |
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