Assisted Reproductive Treatments, Quality of Life, and Alexithymia in Couples
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sampling and Recruitment
- Over 18 years of age;
- Undergoing an in vitro fertilisation treatment with embryo transfer (IVF-ET), intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), or intrauterine insemination (IUI);
- Childless couples;
- Having their first ART cycle medical visit at the centre;
- Undergoing ART treatment for a fertility problem and not for pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD);
- Possessing an adequate understanding of the Italian language.
2.2. Measures
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Limitations and Strengths
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Women | Men | t | p | Cohen’s d | |||
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M | SD | M | SD | ||||
FertiQoL Emotional | 58.33 | 22.4 | 72.03 | 16.87 | −3.946 | 0.001 | 0.558 |
FertiQoL Mind-Body | 60.93 | 23.07 | 72.96 | 20.09 | −4.228 | 0.001 | 0.630 |
FertiQoL Relational | 79.40 | 14.09 | 82.28 | 12.64 | −1.200 | 0.237 | 0.178 |
FertiQoL Social | 64.22 | 20.75 | 71.87 | 16.68 | −2.949 | 0.049 | 0.439 |
Total Core FertiQoL | 65.74 | 16.97 | 74.79 | 13.75 | −4.278 | 0.000 | 0.637 |
TAS-20 DIF | 14.70 | 6.74 | 13.63 | 6.16 | 0.876 | 0.386 | 0.001 |
TAS-20 DDF | 12.20 | 4.06 | 11.76 | 4.43 | 0.573 | 0.570 | 0.080 |
TAS-20 EOT | 17.15 | 3.86 | 19.22 | 4.31 | −2.540 | 0.015 | 0.373 |
TAS-20 Total | 44.04 | 11.15 | 44.61 | 12.35 | −0.263 | 0.794 | 0.038 |
Women | ||||||||||
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Men | TAS-20 DIF | TAS-20 DDF | TAS-20 EOT | TAS-20 Total | FeriQoL Emotional | FertiQoL Mind-Body | FertiQoL Relational | FertiQoL Social | Total Core FertiQoL | |
TAS-20 Total | 0.095 | 0.281 | 0.206 | 0.231 | 0.140 | 0.115 | −0.088 | 0.093 | 0.095 | |
TAS-20 DIF | 0.222 | 0.291 * | 0.329 * | 0.331 * | 0.116 | 0.122 | 0.031 | 0.102 | 0.118 | |
TAS-20 DDF | −0.012 | 0.266 | 0.027 | 0.099 | 0.041 | 0.003 | −0.141 | −0.007 | −0.019 | |
TAS-20 EOT | 0.022 | 0.116 | 0.091 | 0.087 | 0.193 | 0.153 | −0.151 | 0.129 | 0.122 | |
FertiQoL Emotional | −0.200 | 0.065 | 0.021 | −0.092 | 0.323 * | 0.431 ** | 0.251 | 0.492 ** | 0.450 ** | |
FertiQoL Mind-Body | −0.044 | 0.128 | 0.002 | −0.346 ** | 0.512 ** | 0.616 ** | 0.272 | 0.543 ** | 0.599 ** | |
FertiQoL Relational | 0.035 | 0.072 | 0.024 | 0.056 | 0.126 | 0.211 | 0.278 | 0.224 | 0.237 | |
FertiQoL Social | −0.062 | 0.173 | −0.139 | −0.024 | 0.444 ** | 0.530 ** | 0.426 ** | 0.587 | 0.593 ** | |
Total Core FertiQoL | −0.126 | 0.136 | −0.030 | −0.038 | 0.451 ** | 0.567 ** | 0.370 * | 0.579 ** | 0.591 ** |
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Renzi, A.; Fedele, F.; Di Trani, M. Assisted Reproductive Treatments, Quality of Life, and Alexithymia in Couples. Healthcare 2023, 11, 1026. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11071026
Renzi A, Fedele F, Di Trani M. Assisted Reproductive Treatments, Quality of Life, and Alexithymia in Couples. Healthcare. 2023; 11(7):1026. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11071026
Chicago/Turabian StyleRenzi, Alessia, Fabiola Fedele, and Michela Di Trani. 2023. "Assisted Reproductive Treatments, Quality of Life, and Alexithymia in Couples" Healthcare 11, no. 7: 1026. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11071026