Yeni Koronavirüs Salgını Kapanma Süreci Nedeniyle İnfertilite Tedavisi Ertelenen Hastaların Psikolojik Durumları

Year 2021, Volume: 5 Issue: 3, 289 - 293, 31.12.2021

Emre Günakan , Aytaç Tohma , Gamze Özçürümez , Göğşen Önalan Tayfun Cok , Hulusi Zeyneloglu

https://doi.org/10.30565/medalanya.896586

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmada infertilite tedavisi ertelenen hastaların psikolojik durumlarını online anket aracılığıyla incelemeyi planladık.

Yöntemler: İnfertilite nedeniyle takipte olan 60 hasta anket ile ilgili bilgilendirildi. Yaş, infertilite durumu, Beck depresyon envanteri (BDI) ve Hamilton anksiyete derecelendirme ölçeği (HAM-A) ile ilgili soruları içeren çevrimiçi anketin erişim linki gönderildi. Hastalar (i-) yaş, (ii-) fertilite tedavi durumu ve (iii-) yardımcı üreme teknolojisi (YÜT), tedavisi endikasyonlarına göre üç farklı gruplama sistemi kullanıldı.

Bulgular: Tüm grupta ortalama BDI ve HAM-A skorları sırasıyla 39.2 (25-67) ve 22.1 (11-45) idi. Fertilite tedavisi endikasyonlarına göre anket puanlarının değerlendirilmesinde BDI puanları 34,2-44,7 arasında idi ve gruplar arasında istatistiksel anlamlılık yoktu (p: 0,182). HAM-A skorları 18,7-38,0 arasında idi ve gruplar arasında istatistiksel anlamlılık yoktu (p: 0,185). Ayrıca, 2019-nCoV salgını ülkemizde başladığında hastaların YÜT tedavi durumuna göre BDI ve HAM-A için gruplar arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark yoktu (sırasıyla p: 0.962 ve 0.423).

Sonuç: İnfertil hastalar depresyon ve anksiyeteye daha yatkındır ve olası tedavi ertelemelerinin depresyon ve anksiyetelerini artırabileceği unutulmamalıdır.

Keywords

Beck Depresyon Envanteri, Hamilton anksiyete derecelendirme ölçeği, infertilite tedavisi, Koronavirüs,

Supporting Institution

Başkent Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi

Project Number

KA20/174

Psychological conditions of patients whose infertility treatment was postponed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic lockdown

Abstract

Aim: In this study, we planned to examine the psychological status of patients who were required to postpone their infertility treatment, by means of an online survey.

Methods: Sixty patients who were in the follow-up were informed and an access link of online survey, which included questions about age, infertility status, Beck’s depression inventory(BDI) and Hamilton’s anxiety rating scale (HAM-A), were sent to them. Three different grouping systems were used based on (i-) age, (ii-) fertility treatment status and (iii-) indications for assisted reproduction technology treatment.

Results: Mean scores of BDI and HAM-A in the whole group were 39.2(25-67) and 22.1(11-45), respectively. In the evaluation of survey scores according to indications of fertility treatment, BDI scores were between 34.2-44.7 and there was no statistical significance between the groups (p:0.182). HAM-A scores were between 18.7-38.0 and there was no statistical significance between the groups (p:0.185). In addition, there was no statistical significance between groups for BDI and HAM-A (p: 0.962 and 0.423, respectively) according to patients’ ART treatment status at the time the 2019-nCoV outbreak began in our country.

Conclusion: Infertile patients will be more prone to depression and anxiety, and it should be noted that potential treatment postponements may increase their depression and anxiety.

Keywords

Beck’s depression inventory, Hamilton anxiety rating scale, Infertility Treatment, Coronovirus,

Project Number

KA20/174

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