The Psychological Symptoms of in Vitro Fertilization Women / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To assess the psychosomatic symptoms in women referred for in vitro fertilization. Methods: The SCL-90 was administered to 100 women referred for IVF (in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer ) and 100 women referred for ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) at the time of their first presentation to the infertility clinic. The control group comprised of 100 women presenting to gynecology clinics. In addition, socio-demographic information was captured through a structured questionnaire designed for the purpose of this study.Results:The total scores of two study subgroups and control group were 53.8?30.8, 52.5?31.7 and 42.1?32.3 respectively. It was significantly higher score in study groups than that of in control group(F=3.40, P