Factors Associated with Anxiety and Depression in Infertile Couples—Study Protocol
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- Repeated fertility treatment
- Personality
- Substance use disorders
- Income
- Sufficiency Economy concept
- Couples or intimate relationships
Current Study
- (i)
- personality traits, marital satisfaction, concept of sufficiency economy, infertility treatment, demographic factors and personal history (e.g., gender, age, expectation of having children, history of medication and substance use, income and level of education) are associated with anxiety and depression in infertile couples. More details can be found in Figure 1.
- (ii)
- the interaction between spouses is linked to anxiety and depression in infertile couples. Specifically, there are three effects as we show in Figure 1. (1) Actor effect: participants’ independent variables are correlated with their anxiety or depression. (2) Partner effect: Participants’ independent variables are correlated with anxiety and depression in their spouses. (3) Interaction effect: Individuals’ independent variables and their spouses’ independent variables interact significantly. In other words, one partner’s independent variables affect the other’s anxiety and depression but only at certain levels.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Time-Period
2.2. Study Population
2.3. Procedure and Participant Invitation
2.4. Measurements
2.5. Statistical Analysis Plan
2.5.1. Sample Size Calculation
- Sampling
2.5.2. Statistical Analysis
2.6. Ethics Approval, Consent to Participate, Autonomy and Confidentiality
3. Discussion
- Research implication
- Limitation
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Demographic | Choices |
---|---|
Sex | Male |
Female | |
Age | >20 years old |
Occupation | Freelance |
Government or state enterprise | |
Self-employed | |
Unemployed | |
Other | |
Educational level | Illiterate |
Primary school | |
High school | |
Vocational school | |
Bachelor’s degree | |
Higher | |
Monthly income (Baht) | 0–25,000 |
25,001–50,000 | |
50,001–75,000 | |
75,001–100,000 | |
100,001 or higher |
Instrument | Aim in Assessing | Response Format | Number of Items | Recall Period | Internal Consistency (Cronbach’s Alpha) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Outcome Inventory-21(OI-21) | Level of anxiety Level of depression Level of somatization Level of interpersonal difficulty | 5 | 21 | Past 1 week | English version: 0.873 Thai version: 0.937 |
Zuckerman-Kuhlman-Aluja Personality Questionnaire (ZKA-PQ) | Personality traits | 4 | 40 | Current | English version: 0.783 Thai version: 0.753 |
ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale | Marital satisfaction | 5 | 15 | Current | English version: 0.840 Thai version: 0.930 |
Sufficiency Economy Scale (SES) | Level of sufficiency economy | 7 | 9 | Current | English version: 0.70 Thai version: 0.75 |
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Yang, T.; Wongpakaran, N.; Wongpakaran, T.; Saeng-Anan, U.; Singhapreecha, C.; Jenraumjit, R.; Peisah, C. Factors Associated with Anxiety and Depression in Infertile Couples—Study Protocol. Healthcare 2022, 10, 1352. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10071352
Yang T, Wongpakaran N, Wongpakaran T, Saeng-Anan U, Singhapreecha C, Jenraumjit R, Peisah C. Factors Associated with Anxiety and Depression in Infertile Couples—Study Protocol. Healthcare. 2022; 10(7):1352. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10071352
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Tong, Nahathai Wongpakaran, Tinakon Wongpakaran, Ubol Saeng-Anan, Charuk Singhapreecha, Rewadee Jenraumjit, and Carmelle Peisah. 2022. "Factors Associated with Anxiety and Depression in Infertile Couples—Study Protocol" Healthcare 10, no. 7: 1352. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10071352