Anxiety Level During the Second Localized Covid-19 Pandemic Among Quarantined Infertile Women

A Cross-Sectional Survey in China

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15519447
AutoresLian-Bao Cao (Shandong University), Qianjie Hao (People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region), Yan Liu (0000-0002-1612-779X, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region), Qiang Sun (0000-0002-0374-3286, Zaozhuang Municipal Hospital), Bing Wu (0000-0003-2458-0700, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region), Lili Chen (0009-0002-1022-8693, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, autor de correspondencia), Lei Yan (0000-0001-8408-5475, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen12
Páginas647483-647483
Fecha de publicación2021-07-22
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
EditorialFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2021.647483
PMID34366908
OpenAlexW3193224653
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas45

Infertility usually causes mental health problems for patients and unfavorable emotions such as anxiety and depression can have an adverse effect on women's normal pregnancy. We aimed to compare the anxiety level between infertile female patients in quarantined and non-quarantined areas during the second wave of COVID-19 epidemic. A total of 759 infertile women were included in this cross-sectional study conducted through an online survey. Anxiety was measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) tool. Participants were divided into the quarantined group (QG) and non-quarantined group (Non-QG). Independent sample T -test and chi-square test were performed to examine the difference between the two groups. There was no significant difference in the average STAI score of the two groups of infertile women, but responses to the emotional state showed that women in the QG had a higher tendency to be anxious. Participants in QG spent more time paying attention to the dynamics of the epidemic every day, and their sleep ( p p p = 0.031) score and STAI-Trait (STAI-T) ( p = 0.005) score of women who were infertile for more than 3 years were significantly higher than those of women with in vitro fertilization (IVF) was higher than that of non-IVF women ( p = 0.007), but no significant difference was observed with the STAI-S score. To conclude, although the second wave of quarantine during COVID-19 epidemic did not significantly increase anxiety in infertile women, it did lead to an increase in other negative emotions and worse family relationships. Patients with long-term infertility treatment and those who have had IVF are more anxious subgroups

Anxiety · Cross-sectional study · Depression (economics · Infertility · Mental health · Mood · Population · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · State-Trait Anxiety Inventory · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Medicine · Reproductive Health and Technologies