| Depression: an emotional obstacle to seeking medical advice for infertility. | |
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PMID: 20047740 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the mental and general health of infertile women who had not sought medical advice for their recognized infertility and were therefore not represented in clinical populations. DESIGN: Longitudinal cohort study. SETTING: Population based. PATIENT(S): Participants in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health aged 28-33 years in 2006 who had ever tried to conceive or had been pregnant (n = 5,936). INTERVENTION(S): None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Infertility, not seeking medical advice. RESULT(S): Compared with fertile women (n = 4,905), infertile women (n = 1,031) had higher odds of self-reported depression (odds ratio [OR] 1.20, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.01-1.43), endometriosis (5.43, 4.01-7.36), polycystic ovary syndrome (9.52, 7.30-12.41), irregular periods (1.99, 1.68-2.36), type II diabetes (4.70, 1.79-12.37), or gestational diabetes (1.66, 1.12-2.46). Compared with infertile women who sought medical advice (n = 728), those who had not sought medical advice (n = 303) had higher odds of self-reported depression (1.67, 1.18-2.37), other mental health problems (3.14, 1.14-8.64), urinary tract infections (1.67, 1.12-2.49), heavy periods (1.63, 1.16-2.29), or a cancer diagnosis (11.33, 2.57-49.89). Infertile women who had or had not sought medical advice had similar odds of reporting an anxiety disorder or anxiety-related symptoms. CONCLUSION(S): Women with self-reported depression were unlikely to have sought medical advice for infertility. Depression and depressive symptoms may be barriers to seeking medical advice for infertility. |
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Authors:
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Danielle L Herbert; Jayne C Lucke; Annette J Dobson |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-01-04 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Fertility and sterility Volume: 94 ISSN: 1556-5653 ISO Abbreviation: Fertil. Steril. Publication Date: 2010 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-09-27 Completed Date: 2010-11-03 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372772 Medline TA: Fertil Steril Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1817-21 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2010 American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. d.herbert@sph.uq.edu.au |
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Adult Cohort Studies Communication* Depression / psychology* Female Humans Infertility, Female / psychology*, therapy Information Seeking Behavior Longitudinal Studies Outcome Assessment (Health Care) Physician-Patient Relations* Self Disclosure |
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