ANXIETY, DEPRESSION STATUS AND RELATED FACTOR IN INFERTLE COUPLES TREATED AT THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE DEPARTMENT OF THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL, KIEN GIANG PROVINCE IN 2021
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Objectives: to describe the current state of anxiety and depression of infertile couples treated at the Reproductive Health Care Department of the Center for Disease Control of Kien Giang Province in 2021 and analyze some related factors. Methodology: A cross-sectional descriptive study with analysis was carried out on 770 research subjects (385 couples) undergoing infertile treatment at the Reproductive Health Department, CDC Kien Giang Province. The study sample were selected by convenience sampling method. Data were collected by using the self administered DASS.21 questionnaire. Results: The prevalence of anxiety in the wives was higher than that in the husbands (46.2% versus 33.3%). The prevalence of depression in the wives and in the husbands were 17.7% and 10.06%, respectively. Anxiety and depression are mainly at slight and morderate level. Severe anxiety nad m moderate depression only occurred among the wives with a small rate of 0.5%. Factors were statistically significant associated with anxiety in the wife group were age ≥ 35 years old, separate living status and infertile time ≥ 45 months had higher risk of getting anxiety than that in the group of wives under 35 years old, living with family and infertile time < 45 months with ORs of 2.30, 3.75 and 1.74 times, respectively. The factor associated with anxiety in the husband group was living separately with OR = 2.2. The only factor associated with depression in the wife group was living separately with OR = 2.2, while in the husband group the factors related to depression included economic status of better off, separate living with ORs of 2.58 and 4.74, respectively. Conclusions: The rate of anxiety in infertile couples is quite high, the anxiety rate among the wives is significantly higher than that in the husbands (46.2% versus 33.5%). The rate of depression of the wives is also higher than that of the husbands (17.7% versus 10.06%). Factors related to anxiety in infertile couples include: age (≥ 35), living separately, time of infertility, in which the husband only has a statistically significant relationship with the separate living factor. The factors related to depression in infertile couples include: economic well-being (better off) and living separately, in which for the wives, only the separate living factor is associated significantly.
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infertility, anxiety, depression, associated factors, reproductive health department, CDC Kiên Giang Province
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