Analysis of personality traits and psychological status of patients with anovulatory infertility

doi:10.3969/j.issn.10096493.2015.03.007

Abstract：Objective:To know about the psychological state and personality traits and their relations of patients with anovulatory infertility,and so as to provide evidences for making scientific,reasonable and effective inter-ventions in our country.Methods:The random sampling was used to choose 1 6 5 cases of infertile out patients from reproduction unit in TCM hospital in Jiangsu province from January to October in 2013.The self made questionnaire was used to collect basic data of patients,16PF was used to evaluate patients’personality traits, and SCL 90 was used to evaluate their psychological status.The collected data was analyzed and compared by SPSS 18.0.Results:Factors A、E、H、M、N、O and Q4 of patients’personality traits are significantly higher than norm,while B、C、F、Q1 and Q2 are lower(P<0.05).Total score of SCL 90 before and after showed an overall downward trend from the 1st to 6th month in our investigation(F=5.88,P=0.003).In the first month of this research,all factors were significantly higher than norm except the terror factor(P<0.05).Obsessive com-pulsive,depression,hostility factors are positive before ovulation,while sensitivity,depression,hostility are pos-itive after ovulation.In the sixth month,the anxiety factor is higher than the norm before ovulation while the depression factor after(P<0.05).Somatization symptom,obsessive compulsive symptoms,terror factor are significantly lower than the norm before ovulation(P<0.05),Besides,panic and psychosis factors are also sig-nificantly lower than the norm after ovulation(P<0.05).Compared with the first months,prior to ovulation in the sixth months,all factor scores were significantly decreased(P<0.05),but except the terror factor after.The duration of infertility,age,fertility desire,marriage,culture,type of infertility,the monthly income of family and career are risk factors of mental state(P<0.05).Factor Q1 of personality traits is most close to total score of SCL 90(β′=-0.179).Followed by factors M、O、E、Q3、H and Q4.Conclusion:There are many obvious psy-chological and social factors which cause anovulatory infertility.And thus the patients showed a specific pattern of personality traits and behavior.During their treatment,the psychological state constantly changed and im-proved,but still showed outstanding anxiety before ovulation and higher depression after ovulation.Therefore, we should give social support to patients.