Anxiety and depression symptoms in infertile men during their first infertility evaluation visit
To assess the psychological condition of men at the start of the infertility work-up.Men seeking an infertility evaluation for the first time were recruited. Depression and anxiety symptoms and subjective psychological burden were assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Spielberger St...
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| Dokumentumtípus: | Cikk |
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2019
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| Sorozat: | JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
40 No. 4 |
| doi: | 10.1080/0167482X.2018.1515906 |
| mtmt: | 30702993 |
| Online Access: | http://publicatio.bibl.u-szeged.hu/18849 |
| Tartalmi kivonat: | To assess the psychological condition of men at the start of the infertility work-up.Men seeking an infertility evaluation for the first time were recruited. Depression and anxiety symptoms and subjective psychological burden were assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and a visual analog scale (VAS).Data from 113 patients were analyzed. The mean age of the patients was 33.3 (range: 23-54) years, whereas the mean duration of infertility was 16.3 (range: 0-96) months. Results from the BDI and STAI were 2.24 (SD: ±3.18) and 33.74 (SD: ±8.04). Mild depressive symptoms were found in 4.5% of patients, whereas anxiety reached an abnormal level in 4.9%. There were significant correlations between the results from the BDI score and the duration of infertility (p = .024), whereas the STAI and VAS scores showed no similar connection (p = .142 and p = .261, respectively). Among patients with infertility longer than 2 years, mild depressive symptoms occurred in 23.1%.Among men, the levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms were low at the start of the infertility work-up. Depressive symptom levels increased significantly with the duration of infertility, whereas anxiety levels and VAS scores did not demonstrate a similar correlation. |
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| Terjedelem/Fizikai jellemzők: | 311-317 |
| ISSN: | 0167-482X |