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Marital Dissatisfaction and Depression: A Comparative study among Infertile Couples of Punjab

Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences

Although most studies on the effects of infertility-related stress focus on individuals, there has been little study on how marital dissatisfaction and co morbid feelings are connected with each other and affect infertile couples. The current study intended to analyze level of marital dissatisfaction and depression among infertile couples. Index of marital satisfaction (IMS) for measuring marital satisfaction and Beck depression inventory (BDI) for measuring depression was used as tool of study.1 The sample of 200 married couples were included 100 couples were fertile and 100 couples were infertile. The results indicated that infertile couples are more martially dissatisfied. Female are more martially dissatisfied. The findings of this study also indicted that there is a positive relationship between marital dissatisfaction and depression among the infertile couples.2 Keywords: Marital dissatisfaction, depression, infertile couples, Punjab

Factors Associated with Depression in Infertile Couples: A Study in Thailand

Healthcare

Background: Infertility can affect a couple’s mental health and marital and social relationships. The study aimed to investigate the prevalence of depression among infertile couples and their relationships with other factors. Methods: This study employed a cross-sectional survey. Validated tools were used to assess anxiety and depression, marital satisfaction, personality traits and sufficiency economy. The actor–partner interdependence model (APIM) was used for dyadic analysis. Results: The prevalence of depression in infertile couples was 6.7%. Aggression, extraversion and neuroticism were significantly correlated with depression, whereas the expectation of having children, marital satisfaction and sufficiency economy were negatively correlated with depression. The APIM model suggested that neuroticism and marital satisfaction were significant predictors of depression. Partner effect between the expectation of having children and depression was observed (p = 0.039). Conclusions: L...

Marital satisfaction and influencing factors in infertile couples

Cukurova Medical Journal, 2019

Purpose: Previous researches suggest that determining the factors affecting the marital satisfaction would help the treatment team in achieving goals in the infertility treatment process. This study aims to examine marital satisfaction in infertile couples together with the sociodemographic, marital, and social support characteristics affecting the marital satisfaction. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted with 138 married couples receiving treatment for infertility in a public hospital located in the capital of Turkey. Results: According to the findings of the study, 86.2% of men and 82.6% of women have serious problems with marital satisfaction. Marital satisfaction scores of men are significantly lower than women. It is manifested that marital satisfaction increases as the couples get older; it decreases as the education level and monthly income amount of the couples increase and also it is lower among women living in extended families. Conclusion: Conducting future i...

The Relationship Between Depression and the Marital Adjustment of the Women on Infertility Treatment

British Journal of Medical and Health Research

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between depression, marital adjustment of the women receiving infertility treatment and the differentiation between depression, marital adjustment according to the sociodemographic variables. The study was run on women receiving infertility treatment in two separate centers who volunteered for the study by using sociodemographic survey form, Beck Depression Scale and Marital Adjustment Scale. The data was collected between April 2015-July 2015. Study group consisted of 228 women who applied for infertility treatment in the study period at two centers and who met the criteria and gave consent to the study. Data analyses were done using SPSS 21.0. In assessment of data, frequencies, percentages, means were used as well as Kruskall-Wallis, Mann-Whitney U, Spearman correlation tests. Results were considered as significant when p value was less than 0,05. Duration of infertility treatment was 3-5 years in 33,3 % of the women while another 13,2% received it for 6-10 years. While 95,6 % of women were informed about infertility treatment, 61,8 % was emotionally depressed because of being unable to bear a child. Depression scores and marital satisfaction scores of women were related significantly and inversely having a correlation coefficient of r=-0,656 and a significance level of p=0,000. Depression level was found to be a significant predictor of marital satisfaction (R=0,779, R 2 =0,607, p<0,05). We also detected that marital satisfaction scores of women differed significantly when groups were compared for duration of infertility (p=0,007); women who had infertility treatment for less than 1 year had significantly higher marital adjustment scores when compared to patients who received the treatment for 3-5 years and more than 11 years.

Infertile Individuals ’ Marital Relationship Status, Happiness, and Mental Health: A Causal Model

2013

Background: This study examined the causal model of relation between marital relation-ship status, happiness, and mental health in infertile individuals. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study, 155 subjects (men: 52 and women: 78), who had been visited in one of the infertility Centers, voluntarily participated in a self-evaluation. Golombok Rust Inventory of Marital Status, Oxford Happiness Ques-tionnaire, and General Health Questionnaire were used as instruments of the study. Data was analyzed by SPSS17 and Amos 5 software using descriptive statistics, independent sample t test, and path analysis. Results: Disregarding the gender factor, marital relationship status was directly related to happiness (p<0.05) and happiness was directly related to mental health, (p<0.05). Also, indirect relation between marital relationship status and mental health was significant (p<0.05). These results were confirmed in women participants but in men participants only the direct r...

Impact of Psychological Distress and Quality of Life on Marital Satisfaction in Women with Infertility

Pakistan Journal of Science

The present research aimed to explore the effects of psychological distress and quality of life on marital satisfaction in women diagnosed with miscellaneous infertility disorders. A cross-sectional research design was applied from 1st January 2022 to 30th April 2022 to collect data from the gynecological wards of various hospitals situated in Kharian. The sample size for the infertile women was determined with the help of the Sample Size Calculator, and the purposive sampling technique recruited 385 women diagnosed with infertility problems. Informed consent form along with a demographic sheet, Urdu versions of Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS-21, Husain & Gulzar, 2020), World Health Organization's Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHO QOL-BREF, Lodhi, Raza, Montazeri, Nedjat, Yaseri, & Holakouie-Naieni, 2017) and Marital Satisfaction Scale (MSS, Ayub, 2010) were used to assess psychological distress, quality of life, marital satisfaction among women with infertility. Out o...

Role of Marital Relationship Quality in Emotional Disturbance and Personal Growth of Women with Infertility: A Cross-Sectional Study

Vol 17, No 3, July-September, 2023

Background: Infertility is a stressful condition that can lead to either emotional disturbance or personal growth. Marital relationship is one of the factors affecting the consequences of infertility. This study aimed to explore the role of marital relationship quality in development of women's personal growth after experiencing infertility. Materials and Methods: In the cross-sectional study, 122 infertile women (mean age 28.79 ± 6.3) were invited to complete the survey, including ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale, Posttraumatic Growth, Fertility problem inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Beck Inventory Depression. Results: Higher scores of quality of marital relationships were a protective factor against infertility stress and state/ trait anxiety. Additionally, infertility stress was a strong negative predictor of personal growth. Furthermore, infertile women with a high level of marital relationships may have more chances to experience personal growth rather than stress in infertility treatments. Conclusion: The study suggests that high quality of marital relationships may provide positive opportunities for women's personal growth after experiencing infertility.

A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE MARITAL SATISFACTION AMONG FERTILE AND INFERTILE COUPLES

TRANSSTELLAR JOURNALS, 2018

Most people will have the strong desire to conceive for a child at some point during their lifetime. Most couples (approximately 85%) will achieve pregnancy within one year of trying, with the greatest likelihood of conception occurring during the earlier months. Only an additional 7% couples will conceive in the second year. As a result, infertility has come to be defined as the inability to conceive within 12 months. The present study was conducted to determine the marital satisfaction among fertile and infertile couples. In this comparative study, 240 participants (60 infertile couples and 60 fertile couples) were evaluated using Enrich Marital Satisfaction Scale. Data were analysed using mean, standard deviation and t-test. Results revealed that significant difference was observed between the marital satisfaction among fertile and infertile couples.

Congruence of quality of life among infertile men and women: findings from a couple-based study

Human Reproduction, 2009

background: It has been consistently demonstrated that infertility is associated with quality of life (QOL) impairments. Research to date has mostly focused on individual's reactions to infertility (mainly women), without an examination of how the partner is reacting to the same condition. The few studies that assessed QOL among couples did not use couple-based analyses, consequently not considering the intra-couple effects. The objectives of this study were to explore the congruence of QOL perception within infertile couples and to estimate the effect of depression levels on the congruence. methods: In total, 162 couples were interviewed in an assisted reproduction clinic cross-sectionally. Subjects completed a socio-demographic form, World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF and the Beck Depression Inventory independently. The statistical strategy was guided to ensure that subjects would be explored within pairs at all times and not as independent groups. Paired t-tests were run, and Cohen's effect was estimated. Depression levels were controlled by linear multiple regressions and repeated-measures ANCOVAs.