Investigation and nursing of mental state in intrauterine artificial insemination patients

VernacularTitle:宫腔内人工授精患者心理状态的调查及护理
Author: Jian-Huai FENG ¹ ; Bing LI ; Cui-Lian YANG ; Hua-Li WU
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1. 510150,广州医学院第三附属医院妇产科门诊
Keywords: Intrauterine artificial insemination; Mental nursing
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2010;16(25):2990-2992
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the psychologic status of irritability, depression and anxiety in patients who underwent intrauterine insemination (IUI) and to provide mental nursing care. Methods This study included 120 infertile patients who underwent IUI treatment from August 2008 to September 2009 in infertility clinics. All patients were divided into two groups randomly and assessed with the Irritability,Depression and Anxiety Scale (IDA). The 60 patients in control group were treated according to the standard IUI procedure, while the patients in study group were given mental nursing additionally. IDA scores before and after psychological intervention and clinical pregnancy rate were compared between the two groups. Results The IDA scores decreased obviously after mental nursing in study group (P ＜0.05 ). The clinical pregnancy rate per cycle was much higher in study group than that in control group ( P ＜ 0.05). Conclusions IDA can be applied to the psychological investigation of IUI patients. Efficient mental nursing care is beneficial to the success of IUI.