الفهرس 
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Abstract
SUMMARY
nfertility, defined as the failure to become pregnant despite
regular sexual intercourse for one year, affects 10-15% of
couples in the reproductive age group (18- 45 years of age).It
often results in substantial negative social and psychological
effects for the affected couple, particularly the woman (Sezgin
et al., 2016).
Infertile patients are subjected to greater stress and
emotional tension than their fertile counterparts, and infertility
is negatively associated with the relational, sexual, and
psychosocial well-being of patients. Moreover, merely a
diagnosis of infertility and treatment for infertility can result in
not only distress or depression, but also a negative impact on
the patient’s quality of life (Chi et al., 2016).
It is well known that the negative effects of infertility on
quality of life and emotional distress were stronger for women
than for male partners. Surprisingly, anxiety and depression
levels in infertile women were equivalent to those found in
women with heart disease or cancer, or to those who had been
diagnosed as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive
(Chi et al., 2016).
Another important point concerning these psychological
and sociological impacts of infertility is the fact that although
they are common among cases of infertility, certain socio-
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demographical and medical characteristics such as age,
educational background, family type, and environmental
pressures play important roles in determining the level of
anxiety-depression experienced by the infertile group (Pinar
and Zeyneloglu, 2012).
In our study, both self-report depressive symptoms and
self-report anxiety symptoms on the HADS were more severe
in infertile women than in fertile women.
The anxiety was highly significant in infertile women as
the percentage of severe anxiety in them was 51%.
Also depression was highly significant in infertile
women as the percentages of moderate and severe depression
were 34% and 36% respectively.
This study showed that there was highly significant
difference in the infertile group between depression and age,
duration of infertility and method of treatment, and no
statistically significant difference according to family type,
education and type of infertility.