The relationship of the psychological coping and adjustment strategies of infertile women with the success of assisted reproductive technology

Background: The success of assisted reproductive techniques plays a very importantrole in the quality of life of infertile couples and decreases the negative behavior statesof infertility.Objective: This study aimed at determining the relationship between psychologicalcoping and adjustment strategies with the success of assisted reproductive technology(ART).Materials and Methods: This correlational study was conducted on 204 womenvisiting Milad Infertility Center in Mashhad during 2015-2016. The research instrumentsincluded Fertility Adjustment Scale and Infertility Coping Strategies Scale. The positiveresult of two pregnancy tests within 48 hours was considered as the success of ART.Results: The mean and standard division score of adjustment in the group achievedtreatment success (34.3±8.2) exceeded the group failed (33.6±8.8), the difference wasnot statistically significant (p= 0.381). Also, there was no significant difference betweengroups in the median and interquartile range of total coping strategies 81 (13) vs. 79.5(12.25), (p= 0.369). Based on the logistic regression model for one increased transferredembryo, the chance of getting pregnant is 1.3 times, and for each unit increase in FSHlevel, the chance of ART success decreases 18%.Conclusion: The results of this study showed that there is no relationship betweenpsychological coping and adjustment strategies with ART success. However, thenumber of transferred fetus and tirthday FSH are introduced as factors that are relatedto the success of ART.

Keywords:

Infertility , Psychological adjustment , Coping skills , (ART)