Prevalence of depression and its related factors in infertile women: A review article
Prevalence of depression and its related factors in infertile women: A review article
Mohammad mahdi mohammadi,1,*zeinab sadat moosavifard,2
1. BSc in Nursing, Department of Nursing, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran. 2. Department of Nursing, faculty of nursing, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
Introduction: Infertility means not being able to conceive for a year without having to use contraception. Infertility can affect many aspects of infertile women's lives and cause sexual dysfunction, depression, hopelessness, and feelings of guilt and worthlessness. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of depression and the factors affecting it in studies.
Methods: In this review article, relevant and appropriate Persian and English articles were collected from the Persian and English electronic databases of students, University Jihad, Google Scholar, Pubmed Science Direct, using the keywords infertility, infertility, depression and mental disorders from 2001 to 2018. Among the related articles, 29 articles were in line with the objectives of the study that were reviewed.
Results: The prevalence of depression was reported in studies between 79.5-79%. Findings of studies showed that in total, factors related to depression in infertile women include 1. Demographic variables such as (age of the couple, education of the couple, working conditions of the women, duration of marriage, place of residence of the couple, treatment costs, financial burden Physicians) 2- Factors related to depression in disbelief Primary type of fertility, duration of infertility, cause of infertility, history of infertility treatment, history of failure in infertility treatment such as (primary type of infertility, duration of infertility, history of infertility treatment, general history of success in infertility treatment, history of abortion, number of treatments 3- Family factors such as (irrational parents, being pressured by family and relatives, poor support of the spouse, the level of marital satisfaction) 4. Psychological factors such as (low self-esteem, stress, social worries, sexual anxiety, perceived social support).
Conclusion: According to studies in this field, mental health interventions by health care personnel and also the emphasis on psychological support of families from the time of infertility diagnosis and during the treatment process can help reduce the rate of depression in them.