Evaluation the relationship between social health and stress of assisted reproductive techniques in infertile women
Volume 12, Issue 3, March 2022, Pages 1-5
. Sahar Panahi, . Parvin Bahadoran, . Masoume Pirhadi
Abstract BACKGROUND: Fertility is highly valued in most cultures. In contrast, infertility as a crisis has the
potential to threaten the stability of individuals, relationships, and communities. Many infertile people
are at risk in the early stages of infertility treatment for health and mental health problems and severe
stress. The present study was conducted to assess the relationship between the social health of
infertile women and the stress of infertility treatment.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was performed descriptively longitudinal correlation
on 2020 women in infertility canters in Isfahan. Data collection tool in this study was three parts
questionnaire. The first contained demographic information, the second was stress, and the third
was the social health dimension questionnaire. Analyze the data was performed using the descriptive
statistical methods for the quantitative variables Pearson correlation coefficient. P < 0.05 was
considered significant.
RESULTS: The results showed that the mean standard deviation (SD) of social health was
155.1 (16.46), and the mean (SD) score of treatment stress was 22.91 (7.93). Pearson correlation
coefficient showed that treatment stress score was not significantly related to overall social health
score and its dimensions (P > 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: In this study, no statistically significant relationship was identified between these
two variables. Probably, due to the living conditions of the people of our country in these years and
the existence of stress and their great concern about economic issues, etc. The results were not
observed contrary to the researcher’s expectations.