ABSTRACT

Background

It has been demonstrated that infertility can affect quality of life (QoL) in infertile couples. Resilience is considered a protective factor against the distress caused by infertility and the quality of life status. There is a new definition for Fertility Quality of Life that evaluates particularly the impact of infertility on various aspects of life.

Material and methods

In this couple-based study, the main objective was investigating the quality of life based on the gender and resilience of infertile couples. Measurement tools were three questionnaires including a demographic one, a quality of life of infertile couples questionnaire and the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale. Data analysis was done through paired t-test and linear multiple regressions test.

Results

Overall the difference of mean score for QoL is statistically significant (P > 0.001) between men and women (69.48% vs 58.87%), which means that QoL status was positive in men and neutral in women. In addition, the mean score of male resilience was more than female resilience (P = 0.009). The results showed there was a significant and positive correlation between the QoL status and resilience score (P = 0.008, r = 0.13) (P < 0.1), and resilience (β = 0.04 and P = 0.04) had a significant protective effect on the quality of life.

Conclusion

Low resilience status in infertile couples is better to be considered as a risk factor compromising the quality of life and infertility consolers should keep in mind this issue and provide a comprehensive and holistic approach for a better outcome of infertility treatment.

Abbreviations

QoLICQ: Quality of Life in Infertile Couple Questionnaire; CD-RISC: Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale; IVF: in vitro fertilisation; ART: assisted reproductive technique; PTSD: posttraumatic stress disorder; IUI: intrauterine insemination; ICSI: intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

中文翻译：

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作为最被忽视和沉默的少数群体的不育夫妇的生活质量预测指标

摘要

背景

已经证明，不孕症会影响不育夫妇的生活质量（QoL）。复原力被认为是对不孕不育和生活质量状况造成的痛苦的保护因素。生育生活质量有一个新的定义，它特别评估了不孕症对生活各个方面的影响。

材料与方法

在这项基于夫妇的研究中，主要目标是根据不育夫妇的性别和复原力调查生活质量。测量工具是三份问卷，包括人口统计问卷、不育夫妇生活质量问卷和康纳-戴维森复原力量表。通过配对t检验和线性多元回归检验进行数据分析。

结果

总体而言，男性和女性的生活质量平均得分差异具有统计学意义（P > 0.001）（69.48% vs 58.87%），这意味着生活质量状态男性为阳性，女性为中性。此外，男性复原力的平均得分高于女性复原力（P = 0.009）。结果表明，QoL状态与复原力评分呈显着正相关（P =0.008，r =0.13）（P <0.1），复原力（β=0.04和P =0.04）对复原力有显着的保护作用。生活质量。

结论

不育夫妇的低复原力状态最好被视为影响生活质量的风险因素，不孕症治疗师应牢记这一问题，并提供全面和整体的方法，以获得更好的不孕症治疗结果。

缩写

QoLICQ：不育夫妇生活质量问卷；CD-RISC：康纳-戴维森复原力量表；IVF：体外受精；ART：辅助生殖技术；PTSD：创伤后应激障碍；IUI：宫内人工授精；ICSI：胞浆内精子注射。