| Anxiety and success of in vitro fertilization. | |
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PMID: 22727918 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of anxiety on pregnancy rate after in vitro fertilization (IVF). STUDY DESIGN: This was a prospective study of 180 infertile women who were referred for IVF treatment to two selected infertility treatment centers in Tehran. They were recruited at the last visit before the procedure by quota sampling and their anxiety was assessed using the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory, following which they were categorized, based on their anxiety scores, to high and low anxiety groups. A positive pregnancy test was considered as the criterion of success of treatment. Data were analyzed using SPSS 17. Pregnancy rates in the low and high anxiety groups were compared using the Chi square test. RESULTS: Pregnancy rates in the groups with high and low levels of state anxiety were not significantly different (11.1 vs. 10.1 percent; X(2), p>0.05); neither were these rates significantly different in groups with high and low levels of trait anxiety (14.5 vs. 9 percent; X(2), P>0.05). CONCLUSION: High or low levels of state or trait anxiety have no effect on the pregnancy rate after IVF treatment. Counseling is necessary, however, to decrease anxiety in infertile women to improve their quality of life. |
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Somayeh Hashemi; Masumeh Simbar; Fahimeh Ramezani-Tehrani; Jamal Shams; Hamid Alavi Majd |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-6-22 |
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Title: European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology Volume: - ISSN: 1872-7654 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jun |
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Created Date: 2012-6-25 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0375672 Medline TA: Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Reproductive Endocrinology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Yaman, Tehran 1985717413, Iran. |
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