A Study of Couple Burnout in Infertile Couples

Fatemeh Ghavi, Safieh Jamale, Leili Mosalanejad, Zahra Mosallanezhad, Fatemeh Ghavi, Safieh Jamale, Leili Mosalanejad, Zahra Mosallanezhad

Abstract

Introduction: Infertility is a major crisis that can cause psychological problems and emotionally distressing experiences, and eventually affect a couples' relationship. The objective of this study is to investigate couple burnout in infertile couples who were undergoing treatmentat the Infertility Clinic of Yazd, Iran.

Method: The present study is a cross-sectional descriptive one on 98 infertile couples referringto the Infertility Centerof Yazd, Iran, who were chosen on a simple random sampling basis. The measuring tools consisted of the Couple Burnout Measure (CBM) and a demographic questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 16 and the statistical tests of ANOVA and t-test.P-values less than 0.05 were considered as significant.

Results: The results show that infertile women experience higher levels of couple burnout than their husbands (p<0.001). Also, a comparison of the scales of couple burnout--psychological burnout (p<0.01), somatic burnout (p<0.01), and emotional burnout (p<0.001)--between wives and husbands show that women are at greater risk.

Conclusion: Infertile couples' emotional, mental, and sexual problems need to be addressed as part of the infertility treatment programs, and psychotherapists should be included in the medical team.

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Couple Burnout based on cause of infertilityin couples
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Comparison of burnout based on cause of infertilityby gender
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Couple Burnout based on duration of infertility

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