Factors Influencing Fertility Stress in Infertile Women

May 31, 2021  |  Vol.7, No.5  |  PP. 217-226  | PDF

AUTHORS:

Bo Kyoung Song, College of Nursing, Kyungnam University, Kyungnam, Korea

Young-Ju Jee, College of Nursing, Kyungnam University, Kyungnam, Korea

KEYWORDS:

Couple Intimacy, Spouse Support, Social Support, Depression, Fertility Stress

Abstract

The purpose of this correlation survey research was to provide fundamental data to the development of nursing intervention program by identifying the factors that influence the fertility stress in infertile women. The data collection period was from May 1 to July 31, 2020, and The subjects were 131 infertile women who visited the department of obstetrics and gynecology at a general hospital located in C city to treat infertility and they agreed on the participation voluntarily. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Schéffe test, Pearson’s correlation coefficients, and simultaneous multiple regression using SPSS 18.0 program. As a result of examining the effects on fertility stress of infertile women, cost burden, depression, and marital intimacy were identified as influencing factors, and the overall explanatory power was 33.7%. It was found that the higher the cost burden, the more depressed, the lower the marital intimacy, the higher the fertility stress. Therefore, in order to reduce the fertility stress of infertile women, a policy of continuous support for infertility treatment and procedure costs will be needed. In addition, research is needed to develop intervention programs to reduce depression of infertile women and to develop measures to improve marital intimacy.

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Citations:

APA:
Song, B. K., Jee, Y.-J. (2021). Factors Influencing Fertility Stress in Infertile Women. Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, 7(5), 217-226. doi: 10.47116/apjcri.2021.05.20

MLA:
Song, Bo Kyoung, et al. “Factors Influencing Fertility Stress in Infertile Women.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange, ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, vol. 7, no. 5, 2021, pp. 217-226. APJCRI, http://fucos.or.kr/journal/APJCRI/Articles/v7n5/20.html.

IEEE:
[1] B. K. Song, Y.-J. Jee “Factors Influencing Fertility Stress in Infertile Women.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 217-226, May 2021.