The Relation Of Infertility Related Stress And Quality Of Life In Infertile Couples

ObjectiveThis study was to investigate the infertility related stress and quality of life in infertile couples and explore the relation of infertility related stress and quality of life. MethodsA cross-sectional prospective study consisting of 522 infertile couples from October 2014 to May 2015 in assisted reproduction clinic of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University was conducted. Male and female counterparts completed the FPI(Fertility Problem Inventory) and FertiQoL(Fertility Quality of Life) questionnaire independently. The date were processed by SPSS Software Package(Version 17.0). Paired t-test and Pearson correlation analysis were utilized to explore the relation of infertility related stress and quality of life in infertile couples. Results1. Totally 550 infertile couples meeting the inclusion criteria were investigated, only 1044 questionnaires were qualified, so the effective collect rate was 94.61.2. The total score of FPI in infertile couples was 171.20±22.64. Resultsshowed that women scored significantly higher on the FPI total scores than their partners(175.31±22.60 vs 165.08±22.29, P<0.05).The infertility related stress of infertile women were negatively related to their partners(P<0.01).3. The total score of FertiQoL was 58.26±13.04. Results of paired t-test showed that women scored significantly lower on the FertiQoL total scores than their partners(54.97±12.49 vs 61.55±12.76, P<0.001). The quality of life of infertile women were negatively related to their partners(P<0.01).4. Both the infertility related stress of infertile women and their partners were negatively related to their quality of life(P<0.05). Hierarchical regression analysis results show that infertility related stress was a risk factor for quality of life in infertile couples after controllingfor basic characteristics. Conclusions1. The infertility related stress of infertile couples was not optimistic. Infertile women had higher infertility related stress than their partners. The infertility related stress of infertile women were negatively related to their partners.2. The quality of life of infertile couples were poor. Infertile women had lower quality of life than their partners. The quality of life of infertile women were negatively related to their partners.3. The higher infertility related stress, the lower quality of life in infertile couples.