Psychological profile of infertile couples eligible for in vitro fertilization

Introduction: infertility is a health condition with an emotional impact on the couple accompanied by an increase in psychological distress. In vitro fertilization is the most advanced assisted reproduction alternative that an infertile couple can access in Cuba. Objective: to describe the psycholog...

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Main Authors: Diego Ramón Hernández Fernández, Yisel Alé Otero
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Language:Spanish
Published: Editorial Ciencias Médicas 2024-05-01
Series:Acta Médica del Centro
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Online Access:https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/2002
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description Introduction: infertility is a health condition with an emotional impact on the couple accompanied by an increase in psychological distress. In vitro fertilization is the most advanced assisted reproduction alternative that an infertile couple can access in Cuba. Objective: to describe the psychological profile of infertile couples undergoing in vitro fertilization treatments. Methods: an investigation was carried out with a prospective longitudinal quantitative-qualitative approach in infertile couples treated at the Provincial Center for low-complexity assisted reproduction of the “Mariana Grajales” Gynecobstetric Teaching Hospital in the period from January 2022 to June 2023. The sample it was made up of 21 couples that were selected through non-probabilistic sampling. Results: the sample was characterized by ages between 20 and 47 years, with an average in the third decade of life in both sexes. The presence of emotional alterations was determined, with a predominance of anxiety as a state at low and medium levels, the female sex is the most affected, and in the male sex a predominance of uncertainty was determined as the predominant emotional state. Conclusions: the psychological profile of the couples in the study is determined by emotional alterations, with a predominance of anxiety as a state at low and medium levels, the female sex was the most affected and in the male sex a predominance of uncertainty as a state was determined predominant emotional.
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spelling doaj-art-08958b821e2b4843ad5dd3686f38cf832025-02-05T02:09:39ZspaEditorial Ciencias MédicasActa Médica del Centro2709-79272024-05-01182e2002e20021248Psychological profile of infertile couples eligible for in vitro fertilizationDiego Ramón Hernández Fernández0Yisel Alé Otero1Hospital Provincial Ginecoobstétrico Universitario Mariana GrajalesHospital Provincial Ginecoobstétrico Universitario Mariana GrajalesIntroduction: infertility is a health condition with an emotional impact on the couple accompanied by an increase in psychological distress. In vitro fertilization is the most advanced assisted reproduction alternative that an infertile couple can access in Cuba. Objective: to describe the psychological profile of infertile couples undergoing in vitro fertilization treatments. Methods: an investigation was carried out with a prospective longitudinal quantitative-qualitative approach in infertile couples treated at the Provincial Center for low-complexity assisted reproduction of the “Mariana Grajales” Gynecobstetric Teaching Hospital in the period from January 2022 to June 2023. The sample it was made up of 21 couples that were selected through non-probabilistic sampling. Results: the sample was characterized by ages between 20 and 47 years, with an average in the third decade of life in both sexes. The presence of emotional alterations was determined, with a predominance of anxiety as a state at low and medium levels, the female sex is the most affected, and in the male sex a predominance of uncertainty was determined as the predominant emotional state. Conclusions: the psychological profile of the couples in the study is determined by emotional alterations, with a predominance of anxiety as a state at low and medium levels, the female sex was the most affected and in the male sex a predominance of uncertainty as a state was determined predominant emotional.https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/2002infertilidadreproducción asistidafertilización in vitroestados emocionales
spellingShingle Diego Ramón Hernández Fernández
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Psychological profile of infertile couples eligible for in vitro fertilization
Acta Médica del Centro
infertilidad
reproducción asistida
fertilización in vitro
estados emocionales
title Psychological profile of infertile couples eligible for in vitro fertilization
title_full Psychological profile of infertile couples eligible for in vitro fertilization
title_fullStr Psychological profile of infertile couples eligible for in vitro fertilization
title_full_unstemmed Psychological profile of infertile couples eligible for in vitro fertilization
title_short Psychological profile of infertile couples eligible for in vitro fertilization
title_sort psychological profile of infertile couples eligible for in vitro fertilization
topic infertilidad
reproducción asistida
fertilización in vitro
estados emocionales
url https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/2002
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