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An analysis of the anxiety and hopelessness levels of women during IVF‐ET treatment
Author(s) -
Gozuyesil Ebru,
Karacay Yikar Seda,
Nazik Evsen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/ppc.12436
Subject(s) - anxiety , psychology , beck hopelessness scale , clinical psychology , in vitro fertilisation , embryo transfer , trait anxiety , significant difference , infertility , state trait anxiety inventory , psychiatry , pregnancy , medicine , beck depression inventory , biology , genetics
Abstract Purpose This study determined the anxiety and hopelessness levels of women during in vitro fertilization‐embryo transfer. Design and Methods This cross‐sectional and descriptive study was conducted with 50 infertile women. The Personal Information Form, State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) were used to collect data. Findings A statistically significant difference between the BHS total score before oocyte pick‐up and after embryo transfer was found ( P < .05). However, no statistically significant relationship was found between state anxiety in the same process ( P > .05). Practice Implications This study showed that women had high levels of hopelessness and as a woman's state anxiety level increased, her level of hope decreased.