| Summary: | INTRODUCTION[|]The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of depression, anxiety, somatization symptoms, attachment dimensions and resilience with infertilitiy related stress. Our second aim was to explore the associations of depression, anxiety, somatization symptoms, attachment dimensions, resilience and infertility related stress with IVF treatment outcome.[¤]METHODS[|]88 women who were consecutively applied to the Kocaeli University Medical Faculty Hospital Assisted Reproductive Techniques Center and found eligible for IVF treatment were included in the study. Sociodemographic data form, depression, anxiety and somatization subscales of Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), Experiences in Close Relationships Scale (ECR), The Resilience in Midlife Scale (RIM) and Fertility Problem Inventory (FPI) were administered to all participants before IVF treatment protocol. Participants were evaluated whether pregnancy occurred or not 3 months after the IVF treatment protocol was applied.[¤]RESULTS[|]A significant positive correlation was found between the FSE total score and the ECR anxiety (p= 0,000, r=0,314) and ECR avoidance (p= 0,000, r=0,364) scores. A negative correlation was found also between the FSE total score and RIM total score (p= 0,000, r=-0,434). It was found that BSI anxiety, depression and somatization scores, ECR anxiety and avoidance scores, RIM total and subscale scores and FSE total score averages did not differ according to IVF treatment outcome.[¤]DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION[|]The results of our study showed that the anxiety and avoidance dimensions of attachment and resilience are related to infertility stress. Anxiety, depression, somatization, infeetility related stress, attachment and resilience scores were not associated with IVF treatment outcome. The relationship between IVF treatment outcome and mental health variables should be evaluated with biological markers and longitudinal studies.[¤]
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