A prospective, cross-sectional study of the protective and risk psychological factors of successful in vitro fertilisation outcome: preliminary results in a Greek sample.

A prospective, cross-sectional study of the protective and risk psychological factors of successful in vitro fertilisation outcome: preliminary results in a Greek sample. J Obstet Gynaecol. 2019 Sep 01;:1-6 Authors: Kalaitzaki AE, Mavrogiannaki S, Makrigiannakis A Abstract The aim of this prospective, cross-sectional study was to examine the protective and risk psychological factors associated with the successful outcome of In vitro fertilisation (IVF). Various psychological factors that may affect the IVF outcome were measured to a sample of 61 infertile women (mean age 37.2 ± 4.4), who started their first or consecutive IVF treatment cycle in an IVF Unit in Greece. Over half of the participants (50.8%) became pregnant. A binary logistic regression analysis (stepwise) was conducted on pregnancy as the outcome, with various variables as predictors. The model was statistically significant (Omnibus Chi-square = 27.324, df = 5, p < .001), explained 54.7% of the variance, and correctly classified 84.6% of the cases. Life purpose (odds ratio [OR] = 1.35, 95% CI = 1.02-1.78) and negative emotions (e.g. discontent, sorrow) (OR = 1.76, 95% CI = 1.19-2.60) were associated with increased pregnancy rates, whereas autonomy (OR = 0.57, 95% CI = 0.39-0.82), and stress (OR = 0.69, 95% CI = 0.55-0.88) were associated with decreased pregnancy rates. It has been concluded that the relationship between psychological factors and succ...
Source: Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - Category: OBGYN Tags: J Obstet Gynaecol Source Type: research