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Factors Associated with Depression in Infertile Couples: A Study in Thailand.
- Source :
- Healthcare (2227-9032); Jul2023, Vol. 11 Issue 14, p2004, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- 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: Like other populations, depression in infertile couples seems to be associated with aggression, extraversion and neuroticism. However, there are specific variables related to infertility that impact the depression levels of these couples. For instance, the expectation of having children can affect the partners of infertile couples, while the role of the sufficiency economy is a new factor that has been examined for depression in this sample and requires further exploration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MENTAL depression risk factors
ANALYSIS of variance
CONFIDENCE intervals
CROSS-sectional method
MARITAL satisfaction
NEUROSES
MULTIPLE regression analysis
MENTAL health
INFERTILITY
SPOUSES
RISK assessment
CRONBACH'S alpha
T-test (Statistics)
PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
MENTAL depression
INTERPERSONAL relations
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
QUESTIONNAIRES
CHI-squared test
ANXIETY
STATISTICAL sampling
DATA analysis software
DISEASE complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22279032
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 14
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Healthcare (2227-9032)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 169331867
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11142004