Effect of Desire to Have a Baby on Risk Acceptance in Turkish Infertile Women

The aim of this study was to assess whether the desire to escape the psychological condition created by infertility (to have a baby) affected risk-taking behavior, with the possible relationship between ovarian cancer and infertility as the "accepted risk" to overcome infertility. 229 infertile and 204 fertile women who were patients at the Gulhane Military Medical Academy were administered a semistructured questionnaire. Increased ovarian cancer risk was accepted by 67.2% of the infertile women in order to have baby. There was no significant relation between the woman's age, duration of infertility, knowledge of the preventability and curability of ovarian cancer, or acceptable risk. These results indicate the importance to Turkish women of overcoming infertility

Developmental psychology · Turkish · Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy · Clinical Psychology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology

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