Quality of Life among Couples with a Fertility Related Diagnosis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample
2.2. Data Collection Process
2.3. Ethics and Ethics Protection of Personal Data
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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N (%) | |
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Age, mean (SD) | 39.5 (4.9) |
Gender | |
Men | 101 (50.0) |
Women | 101 (50.0) |
Children | 16 (7.9) |
Educational level | |
Primary school | 0 (0.0) |
Middle school | 3 (1.5) |
High school | 58 (28.7) |
2-year college | 37 (18.3) |
Technical university | 46 (22.8) |
University | 25 (12.4) |
MSc/PhD | 33 (16.3) |
Chronic somatic disease | 5 (2.5) |
Monthly income | |
Up to 700.00€ | 45 (22.3) |
701.00–1000.00€ | 21 (10.4) |
1001.00–1300.00€ | 104 (51.5) |
1301.00–1500.00€ | 23 (11.4) |
1501.00–2000.00€ | 1 (0.5) |
>2000.00€ | 8 (4.0) |
Years with a spouse, mean (SD) | 7.1 (2.9) |
Ever been (yourself or your spouse) pregnant | 46 (45.5) |
Ever had (yourself or your spouse) a baby | 8 (16) |
Ever had (yourself or your spouse) a miscarriage | 25 (54.3) |
Years of trying to have a baby, median (IQR) | 3 (2–4) |
Ever been (you or your spouse) under treatment for infertility | 78 (77.2) |
State, mean (SD) | 39.3 (10.5) |
Trait, mean (SD) | 36.6 (9.7) |
Depression score, median (SD) | 5 (0–8) |
Correlation Coefficients | ||||
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Mean (SD) | State 1 | Trait 1 | Depression 2 | |
Emotional | 62.3 (20.5) | −0.39 *** | −0.33 *** | −0.34 *** |
Mind-body | 71.7 (21.4) | −0.50 *** | −0.43 *** | −0.37 ** |
Relation | 77.5 (15.2) | −0.38 *** | −0.38 *** | −0.22 ** |
Social | 68.5 (18.4) | −0.07 | −0.14 * | −0.32 *** |
Environment | 73.1 (13.9) | −0.36 *** | −0.21 ** | 0.05 |
Tolerability | 68.1 (25.0) | −0.44 *** | −0.32 ** | −0.35 *** |
Core | 70.0 (14.8) | −0.43 *** | −0.41 *** | −0.36 *** |
Treatment | 71.1 (15.6) | −0.48 *** | −0.32 *** | −0.24 ** |
Total FERTIQOL score | 70.3 (13.8) | −0.49 *** | −0.42 *** | −0.3 6*** |
Emotional | Mind-Body | Relation | Social | |||||
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β (SE) + | p | β (SE) + | p | β (SE) + | p | β (SE) + | p | |
Age | 0.35 (0.24) | 0.153 | 0.23 (0.23) | 0.323 | −0.05 (0.21) | 0.797 | 0.41 (0.25) | 0.097 |
Gender (women vs. men) | −14.73 (2.61) | <0.001 | −13.59 (2.46) | <0.001 | −4.96 (2.3) | 0.032 | −8.57 (2.64) | 0.001 |
Children (yes vs. no) | 6.2 (11.29) | 0.584 | 16.47 (10.64) | 0.123 | 7.56 (9.94) | 0.448 | 3.86 (11.41) | 0.736 |
Educational level | −2.42 (0.86) | 0.006 | −2.92 (0.81) | <0.001 | 0.24 (0.76) | 0.751 | −2.16 (0.87) | 0.014 |
Chronic somatic disease (yes vs. no) | −17.20 (7.18) | 0.018 | −7.02 (6.77) | 0.301 | −5.94 (6.32) | 0.348 | −5.81 (7.26) | 0.425 |
Monthly income | 0.89 (1.26) | 0.480 | −0.53 (1.19) | 0.654 | 0.23 (1.11) | 0.834 | −2.24 (1.27) | 0.081 |
Years with spouse | 1.08 (0.53) | 0.043 | −0.16 (0.5) | 0.745 | 0.86 (0.47) | 0.068 | 1 (0.53) | 0.063 |
Ever been (yourself or your spouse) pregnant (yes vs. no) | 0.57 (4.23) | 0.893 | 4.31 (3.98) | 0.105 | −10.51 (3.72) | 0.005 | −0.89 (4.27) | 0.835 |
Ever had (yourself or spouse)a baby (yes vs. no) | −9.34 (11.95) | 0.436 | −10.1 (11.26) | 0.371 | 6.33 (10.52) | 0.548 | 5.13 (12.08) | 0.671 |
Ever had (yourself or spouse)a miscarriage (yes vs. no) | −8.54 (4.04) | 0.036 | −13.81 (3.81) | <0.001 | 8.32 (4.56) | 0.070 | −2.9 (4.08) | 0.479 |
Years of trying to have a baby | 0.02 (0.85) | 0.984 | −0.49 (0.8) | 0.540 | 0.2 (0.75) | 0.787 | −2.15 (0.86) | 0.013 |
Ever been (you or your spouse) under treatment for infertility (yes vs. no) | −9.31 (3.64) | 0.011 | −4.1 (3.43) | 0.233 | 2.11 (3.2) | 0.511 | 3.81 (3.67) | 0.302 |
State | −0.56 (0.20) | 0.006 | −0.94 (0.19) | <0.001 | −0.24 (0.18) | 0.182 | 0.17 (0.2) | 0.406 |
Trait | 0.19 (0.23) | 0.401 | 0.2 (0.21) | 0.341 | −0.12 (0.2) | 0.551 | 0.14 (0.23) | 0.555 |
Depression score | −0.58 (0.23) | 0.013 | −0.64 (0.22) | 0.004 | −0.62 (0.2) | 0.003 | −1.39 (0.24) | <0.001 |
Environment | Tolerability | Core | Treatment | |||||
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β (SE) + | p | β (SE) + | p | β (SE) + | p | β (SE) + | p | |
Age | −0.01 (0.19) | 0.940 | −0.01 (0.27) | 0.972 | 0.23 (0.17) | 0.169 | −0.01 (0.19) | 0.947 |
Gender (women vs. men) | −1.4 (2.05) | 0.496 | −19.22 (2.91) | <0.001 | −10.46 (1.81) | <0.001 | −8.53 (2.01) | <0.001 |
Children (yes vs. no) | −9.71 (8.87) | 0.275 | −5.01 (12.61) | 0.692 | 8.52 (7.82) | 0.277 | −7.83 (8.72) | 0.370 |
Educational level | −1.91 (0.68) | 0.005 | −5.14 (0.96) | <0.001 | −1.82 (0.6) | 0.003 | −3.20 (0.67) | <0.001 |
Chronic somatic disease (yes vs. no) | 8.95 (5.65) | 0.115 | −1.28 (8.02) | 0.873 | −8.99 (4.98) | 0.072 | 4.86 (5.55) | 0.382 |
Monthly income | −2.2 (0.99) | 0.028 | 0.38 (1.41) | 0.789 | −0.41 (0.87) | 0.638 | −1.17 (0.97) | 0.231 |
Years with spouse | 0.56 (0.42) | 0.180 | −0.46 (0.59) | 0.441 | 0.69 (0.37) | 0.060 | 0.15 (0.41) | 0.708 |
Ever been (yourself or your spouse) pregnant (yes vs. no) | −4.24 (3.32) | 0.203 | 7.28 (4.72) | 0.125 | 0.12 (2.93) | 0.967 | 0.37 (3.26) | 0.911 |
Ever had (yourself or spouse) a baby (yes vs. no) | 9.50 (9.39) | 0.313 | 17.3 (13.35) | 0.197 | −1.99 (8.28) | 0.810 | 12.62 (9.23) | 0.173 |
Ever had (yourself or spouse) a miscarriage (yes vs. no) | 4.45 (3.18) | 0.163 | −2.19 (4.52) | 0.629 | −4.23 (2.80) | 0.132 | 1.79 (3.12) | 0.566 |
Years of trying to have a baby | −0.41 (0.67) | 0.544 | 0.04 (0.95) | 0.969 | −0.61 (0.59) | 0.305 | −0.23 (0.66) | 0.728 |
Ever been (you or your spouse) under treatment for infertility (yes vs. no) | 3.08 (2.86) | 0.283 | 0.20 (4.06) | 0.961 | −1.87 (2.52) | 0.458 | 1.93 (2.81) | 0.494 |
State | −0.40 (0.16) | 0.013 | −1.07 (0.23) | <0.001 | −0.39 (0.14) | 0.006 | −0.67 (0.16) | <0.001 |
Trait | 0.03 (0.18) | 0.882 | 0.46 (0.25) | 0.070 | 0.10 (0.16) | 0.514 | 0.20 (0.18) | 0.253 |
Depression score | 0.26 (0.18) | 0.150 | −0.52 (0.26) | 0.048 | −0.81 (0.16) | <0.001 | −0.05 (0.18) | 0.788 |
Total FERTIQOL Score | ||
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β (SE) + | p | |
Age | 0.16 (0.15) | 0.299 |
Gender (women vs. men) | −9.89 (1.65) | <0.001 |
Children (yes vs. no) | 3.71 (7.15) | 0.604 |
Educational level | −2.22 (0.55) | <0.001 |
Chronic somatic disease (yes vs. no) | −4.92 (4.55) | 0.281 |
Monthly income | −0.64 (0.80) | 0.428 |
Years with spouse | 0.53 (0.34) | 0.113 |
Ever been (yourself or your spouse) pregnant (yes vs. no) | 0.19 (2.68) | 0.943 |
Ever had (yourself or spouse) a baby (yes vs. no) | 2.3 (7.57) | 0.761 |
Ever had (yourself or spouse) a miscarriage (yes vs. no) | −2.46 (2.56) | 0.338 |
Years of trying to have a baby | −0.50 (0.54) | 0.360 |
Ever been (you or your spouse) under treatment for infertility (yes vs. no) | −0.76 (2.30) | 0.743 |
State | −0.47 (0.13) | <0.001 |
Trait | 0.13 (0.14) | 0.361 |
Depression score | −0.58 (0.15) | <0.001 |
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Dourou, P.; Gourounti, K.; Lykeridou, A.; Gaitanou, K.; Petrogiannis, N.; Sarantaki, A. Quality of Life among Couples with a Fertility Related Diagnosis. Clin. Pract. 2023, 13, 251-263. https://doi.org/10.3390/clinpract13010023
Dourou P, Gourounti K, Lykeridou A, Gaitanou K, Petrogiannis N, Sarantaki A. Quality of Life among Couples with a Fertility Related Diagnosis. Clinics and Practice. 2023; 13(1):251-263. https://doi.org/10.3390/clinpract13010023
Chicago/Turabian StyleDourou, Panagiota, Kleanthi Gourounti, Aikaterini Lykeridou, Konstantina Gaitanou, Nikolaos Petrogiannis, and Antigoni Sarantaki. 2023. "Quality of Life among Couples with a Fertility Related Diagnosis" Clinics and Practice 13, no. 1: 251-263. https://doi.org/10.3390/clinpract13010023