Journals / Cukurova Medical Journal / 2020 / Cilt: 45 - Sayı: 3

Evaluation of temperament/personality traits, alexithymia, psychiatric symptoms, and quality of life in female patients diagnosed with infertility

İnfertilite tanılı kadın hastalarda mizaç özellikleri, aleksitimi, psikiyatrik belirtiler ve yaşam kalitesinin değerlendirilmesi

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1099–1107
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2020-09-30
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The psychological support will be important for this group of women in terms of positively affecting the outcome during the treatment process

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Objective & Hypothesis:Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the temperament/personality characteristics, alexithymia, psychiatric symptoms, and quality of life of a group of infertile women with the healthy control group, and thus to provide a basis for assessing the possible causal relationship between the phenomenon of infertility and these characteristics.Materials and Methods: Seventy-five women between 18-49 years of age who were diagnosed with infertility in the obstetrics outpatient clinic were included in the patient group and 75 healthy female individuals in the control group.
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Key Findings & Data:Beck Depression Inventory, State Trait Anxiety Scale (STAI I-II), Quality of Life Scale, TEMPS Temperament Scale, and Toronto Alexithymia Scale were administered to all participants, and a semi-structured interview form was employed to question the clinical-sociodemographic characteristics.Results: Depression and anxiety scores of the patient group were higher than the control group's scores and the differences were statistically significant.
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Conclusion & Impact:The psychological support will be important for this group of women in terms of positively affecting the outcome during the treatment process
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⚙️Variables:infertility · quality of life · alexithymia

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Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the temperament/personality characteristics, alexithymia, psychiatric symptoms, and quality of life of a group of infertile women with the healthy control group, and thus to provide a basis for assessing the possible causal relationship between the phenomenon of infertility and these characteristics.Materials and Methods: Seventy-five women between 18-49 years of age who were diagnosed with infertility in the obstetrics outpatient clinic were included in the patient group and 75 healthy female individuals in the control group. Beck Depression Inventory, State Trait Anxiety Scale (STAI I-II), Quality of Life Scale, TEMPS Temperament Scale, and Toronto Alexithymia Scale were administered to all participants, and a semi-structured interview form was employed to question the clinical-sociodemographic characteristics.Results: Depression and anxiety scores of the patient group were higher than the control group's scores and the differences were statistically significant. The quality of life scale scores of the patient group were found to be lower in each sub-scale, and the differences were statistically significant. TheTemps-A sub-scales scores of the patient group were higher with statistically significant differences.Conclusion: Our findings support the need to investigate the possible accompanying psychosocial disorders in women receiving infertility treatment. The psychological support will be important for this group of women in terms of positively affecting the outcome during the treatment process

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Amaç: Bu çalışmada bir grup infertil kadının mizaç özellikleri, aleksitimi, psikiyatrik belirtiler ve yaşam kalitesinin sağlıklı kontrol grubu ile karşılaştırılması, dolayısıyla infertilite fenomenolojisi ile bu özellikler arasındaki olası nedensel ilişkinin değerlendirilmesine bir temel oluşturulması amaçlanmıştır.Gereç ve Yöntem: Kadın hastalıkları ve doğum polikliniğinde infertilite tanısı konulan, 18-49 yaş aralığında, daha önceden psikiyatrik viziti ve tedavi öyküsü olmayan, 75 infertilite tanılı kadın hasta grubu olarak alınmıştır. 75 sağlıklı kadın birey, kontrol grubu olarak alındı. Tüm katılımcılara Beck Depresyon Ölçeği, Durumluk Sürekli Kaygı Ölçeği (Stai 1/2), Yaşam Kalitesi Ölçeği, TEMPS Mizaç Ölçeği ve Toronto Aleksitimi Ölçeği klinik-sosyodemografik özellikleri sorgulayan yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu uygulandı.Bulgular: Hasta grubunun anksiyete ve deprsyon puanlarının kontrol grubu puanlarına göre daha yüksek olduğu saptandı. Yaşam kalite ölçeği alt ölçeklerinin her birinde hasta grubunun puanları daha düşüktü. Temps-A alt ölçeklerinin birinde hasta grubunun puanları anlamlı olarak daha yüksekti. Sonuç: Bulgularımız infertilite tedavisi gören kadınlarda eşlik edebilecek psikososyal rahatsızlıkları araştırılması gerektiğini desteklemektedir. Bu grup kadınların tedavisi sürecinde sonucu olumlu yönde etkilemesi açısından psikolojik desteğin önemli olacağını düşünmekteyiz.

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YILDIZ, S., UĞUR, K., SARIDOĞAN, E., YAĞIN, F., AKKUŞ, M. (2020). Evaluation of temperament/personality traits, alexithymia, psychiatric symptoms, and quality of life in female patients diagnosed with infertility. Cukurova Medical Journal, Cilt: 45 - Sayı: 3, 1099–1107. https://ajindex.com/articles/110795

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