Intolerability of uncertainty and related factors in women receiving in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2024.05.005
- VernacularTitle:接受体外受精胚胎移植助孕女性患者的无法忍受不确定性及相关因素
- Author:
Lu BAI
1
;
Yuying FANG
;
Dongmei JIA
;
Huihui CHEN
Author Information
1. 山东大学附属生殖医院,济南 250020
- Keywords:
intolerance of uncertainty;
invitro fertilization-embryo transfer;
fertility stress;
anxiety;
depres-sion
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2024;38(5):400-406
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the intolerable uncertainty level and its related factors in female patients re-ceiving in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer.Methods:A total of 503 female patients receiving in vitro fertiliza-tion and embryo transfer in a tertiary reproductive hospital in Shandong province were selected.Theywere assessed with a self-designed general information questionnaire,the Intolerance of Uncertainty scale-12(IUS-12),Fertility Problem Inventory(FPI,including social concern,sexual concern,relationship concern,need for parenthood,and re-jection of childfree lifestyle),and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale(HADS).Results:The score of IUS-12 was 28(13,60).Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that having children,having anxiety symptoms,the scores of social concern,sexual concern and need for parenthood were positively associated with IUS-12 scores(β=0.11,0.19,0.21,0.13,0.25),and rejection of childfree lifestyle was negatively associated with IUS-12 scores(β=-0.18).Conclusion:It suggests that the unbearable uncertainty of women receiving in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer is related to whether they have children,social concerns,sexual concerns,need for parenthood,and rejection of childfree lifestyle.
