Levels and associations among self-esteem, fertility distress, coping, and reaction to potentially being a genetic carrier in women with diminished ovarian reserve.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To measure the level of distress and its relationship with other psychologic factors in women with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) who participated in a fragile X genetics study.

Design

Longitudinal data analyzed with structural equation modeling.

Setting

Four U.S. private and academic fertility centers.

Patient(s)

Sixty-two infertile patients with DOR.

Intervention(s)

None.

Main outcome measure(s)

Fertility Problem Inventory, Coping Scale for Infertile Couples, Rosenberg Self-Esteem, Health Orientation Scale.

Result(s)

Nineteen percent had low fertility distress, 56% had average fertility distress, and 24% had high fertility distress. Thirty-six percent self-reported a "favorable" or "very favorable" emotional response to potent

SUBMITTER: Cizmeli C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3786331 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature