Pnm-5: Assessment of Anxiety among Infertile Women Undergoing First IVF- ICSI Treatment Cycle

Background: Infertility is one of the worst stressful experiences of marital life. As a Bio-psycho-social crisis, it may affect infertile couple’s mental health. The most common mental complain is anxiety. On the other hand, women who try to treat their infertility problem are more agitated. Aim of this study was to determine anxiety rates among infertile women undergoing first IVF-ICSI treatment cycle. Materials and Methods: 90 infertile women undergoing their first IVF-ICSI cycle in Royan Infertility clinic was entered this descriptive study. Samples were selected randomly based on available sampling. Data was collected by “demographic” and “Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory” questionnaires and was analyzed via SPSS18 software by using descriptive tests. Results: Women aged 29.95 ± 4.7 years. Average duration of marriage and infertility were 6.5 ± 3.54 and 5.45 ± 3.6. Education degree was diploma in 44.4% of them and 85.6% of samples were housekeeper. Average anxiety rate in first day of ovulation stimulation was 42.5 ± 10.1 which mean moderate anxiety according to Spielberger Scale. Conclusion: Our study demonstrates that women undergoing first IVF-ICSI cycle suffer from anxiety interdependent to treatment and need to be helped to reduce it. Thus, extra studies are recommended to evaluate if any intervention can decrease treatment related anxiety.