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Article: Psychiatric symptoms in Turkish infertile women
- Article from:
- Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Article date:
- December 1, 2003
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CopyrightCopyright CRC Press Dec 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The aims of this study were to determine the psychiatric symptoms which may develop because of infertility in Turkish women and to find out the precipitating factors. Fifty women with primary infertility and 50 healthy controls were evaluated using the Beck Depression Inventory, Spielberger Stait-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Rosenberg self-esteem scale and Symptom Checklist scale. They were also asked to describe the reactions received from their husband, husbands' families and social group because of infertility.
Psychiatric symptoms were not significantly different between the two groups. However, within the infertile group, depression and anxiety were more frequent in the women who received ...