The Relationship between Fertility Stress and Life Quality in Non-Pregnant Patients after IVF-ET

SHI Li; LUO Li-yan; SONG Dong-hong; CHEN Li-xue

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-1889.2018.03.003

Abstract：Objective:To investigate the relationship between fertility stress and life quality in non-pregnant patients undergoing IVF-ET.Methods:The cross-sectional survey was carried out by studying the basic situation,the Fertility Question Inventory (FPI) scale and the Fertility Quality of Life (FertiQoL) scale among 351 non-pregnant patients with IVF-ET failures in our center from May 2017 to October 2017,including 104 non-pregnant patients underwent more than 3 times of transplantation and 247 non-pregnant patients underwent less than 3 times of transplantation.The fertility stress and life quality was described by FPI and FertiQoL,respectively.The correlation between fertility stress and life quality was explored using Pearson method.Results:The total score of FPI in non-pregnant patients underwent IVF-ET was 162.22±20.63,and the total score of FertiQoL was 58.79±12.79.There were no significant differences in the FPI total scores and sub-item score,and FertiQoL total score and sub-item score,between patients being transplanted more than 3 times and patients being transplanted less than 3 times (all P＞0.05).Pearson analysis showed that there was positive correlation between the childless stress score in FPI and the total score in FertiQoL (P＜0.05),and that there was negative correlation between other item score in FPI and the total score in FertiQoL (P＜0.05).Multiple linear regression analysis showed that fertility stress,age and literacy were the main factors of the life quality in patients with IVF-ET failures (F=9.140,R2=0.391,P＜0.01).Conclusions:The fertility stress of non-pregnant patients underwent IVF-ET is an important factor influencing the life quality.The greater the fertility stress,the lower the life quality.Should pay attention to the psychological pressure in those non-pregnant patients underwent IVF-ET failures,and improve their life quality by proactively releasing the fertility stress.