The Determination of the Relationship Social Stigma and Infertility Distress in Infertile Women
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Objective: This research was conducted to identify the relationship between social stigma and infertility distress in infertile women.
Method: Designed as descriptive research, the study had a sample comprised of 166 infertile women applying in January-April 2022.
Results: Means of participant women’s IDS and ISS scores were calculated respectively as 46.33±15.22 and 74.22±31.82 points. It was discerned that women’s IDS scores had statistically significant positive relationships with scores obtained by them from the ISS and its sub-scales (p<0.01). As the duration of being infertile increased, women’s infertility distress levels and feelings of stigma also increased (successively p=0.000, p=0.001). As the age of menarche increased, women’s infertility distress levels and feelings of stigma decreased (consecutively p=0.029, p=0.007).
Conclusion: Lastly, women had medium-level infertility distress and felt moderately stigmatized. Education and counseling can be provided to women and their partners about the psychological effects of infertility.
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