Assessing psychological health and reproductive function: Depression, anxiety, and stress in infertile men compared to controls: A case-control study.

IF 1.6 Q3 OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
International Journal of Reproductive Biomedicine Pub Date : 2025-01-31 eCollection Date: 2024-12-01 DOI:10.18502/ijrm.v22i12.18068
Seyedeh Narjes Roudbaraki, Maryam Ramezani, Bita Saifi, Mostafa Salimi, Massood Issapour Cheshani
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Abstract

Background: With the increasing prevalence of infertility and its links to depression, anxiety, and stress, it is essential to compare these mental health levels between infertile men and a control group.

Objective: This study aimed to compare depression, anxiety, and stress among infertile and fertile men. Also, assessing demographic factors affecting these challenges among both groups.

Materials and methods: This case-control study was conducted on 120 men at Milad Infertility Research Center, Mashhad, Iran from January 2023 to February 2023. Participants were divided into 2 groups: 60 infertile men and 60 healthy men who did not have fertility problems. Demographic information such as age, education, occupation, duration of the marriage, and duration of infertility was collected from their medical records, and they also completed the depression, anxiety, and stress scale 21 questionnaire through a telephonic interview. Finally, the findings were statistically analyzed.

Results: Severe and very severe depression, anxiety, and stress were observed in 65%, 60%, and 43.4% of infertile men and 16.7%, 23.3%, and 11.7% of fertile men, respectively. Which was significantly more than the fertile group, and there was a significant relationship between depression (p 0.001), anxiety (p = 0.001), stress (p 0.001), and infertility. Also, a significant relationship was observed between the duration of infertility and depression (p = 0.031).

Conclusion: Our study found infertile men had higher stress, anxiety, and depression than the control group. Limitations included phone-based data collection and the depression, anxiety, and stress scale 21 questionnaire's screening nature. Future studies should involve larger populations and consider economic status as a variable related to mental health.

评估心理健康和生殖功能:与对照组相比,不育男性的抑郁、焦虑和压力:一项病例对照研究。
背景:随着不孕症患病率的增加及其与抑郁、焦虑和压力的联系,比较不育男性和对照组之间的这些心理健康水平是必要的。目的:本研究旨在比较不育和育龄男性的抑郁、焦虑和压力。同时,评估影响这两个群体面临这些挑战的人口因素。材料和方法:本病例对照研究于2023年1月至2023年2月在伊朗马什哈德Milad不育研究中心对120名男性进行了研究。参与者被分为两组:60名不育男性和60名没有生育问题的健康男性。从医疗记录中收集年龄、教育程度、职业、婚姻持续时间、不孕持续时间等人口统计信息,并通过电话访谈完成抑郁、焦虑和压力量表21。最后,对调查结果进行统计分析。结果:在不育男性中,重度抑郁、焦虑和压力分别占65%、60%和43.4%,在可育男性中,重度抑郁、焦虑和压力分别占16.7%、23.3%和11.7%。且抑郁(p≤0.001)、焦虑(p = 0.001)、压力(p≤0.001)与不孕之间存在显著相关。此外,不孕症持续时间与抑郁之间存在显著关系(p = 0.031)。结论:我们的研究发现,不育男性比对照组有更高的压力、焦虑和抑郁。局限性包括基于电话的数据收集和抑郁、焦虑和压力量表21问卷的筛选性质。未来的研究应涉及更大的人群,并考虑经济状况作为与心理健康相关的变量。
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CiteScore
2.40
自引率
7.70%
发文量
93
审稿时长
16 weeks
期刊介绍: The International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine (IJRM), formerly published as "Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine (ISSN: 1680-6433)", is an international monthly scientific journal for who treat and investigate problems of infertility and human reproductive disorders. This journal accepts Original Papers, Review Articles, Short Communications, Case Reports, Photo Clinics, and Letters to the Editor in the fields of fertility and infertility, ethical and social issues of assisted reproductive technologies, cellular and molecular biology of reproduction including the development of gametes and early embryos, assisted reproductive technologies in model system and in a clinical environment, reproductive endocrinology, andrology, epidemiology, pathology, genetics, oncology, surgery, psychology, and physiology. Emerging topics including cloning and stem cells are encouraged.
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