Analyses of medical coping styles and related factors among female patients undergoing in vitro fertilization and embryonic transfer.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the medical coping styles of female patients treated with in vitro fertilization and embryonic transfer (IVF-ET), and analyzed the effects of alexithymia and social support on their choice of coping style. METHODS:A survey was conducted with 285 female patients undergoing IVF-ET in a reproductive medical center of a third-grade class-A hospital in China using the Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire, the Social Support Rating Scale, and the Toronto Alexithymia scale. RESULTS:Patients who underwent IVF-ET treatment had a higher score for avoidance as a coping mode than did normal controls. Utilization of social support predicted the use of confrontation as a coping style. Difficulty identifying feelings, objective support, and utilization of social support we

SUBMITTER: Shen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7122772 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature