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Fertility-Related Quality of Life in Men Undergoing Medically Assisted Reproduction During the Pandemic: Perfectionism and Thought Control Beliefs Moderate the Effects of the Type of Treatment

OBJECTIVE: After a diagnosis of infertility, an increasing number of couples turns to the Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR) to achieve a pregnancy. A diagnosis of infertility has a negative impact on the individual's well-being and it can increase the risk of anxious-depressive symptoms, st...

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Autores principales: Pugi, Daniele, Dèttore, Davide, Marazziti, Donatella, Ferretti, Fabio, Coluccia, Anna, Coccia, Maria Elisabetta, Pozza, Andrea
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Publicado: Giovanni Fioriti Editore srl 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8785427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35096078
http://dx.doi.org/10.36131/cnfioritieditore20210605
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author Pugi, Daniele
Dèttore, Davide
Marazziti, Donatella
Ferretti, Fabio
Coluccia, Anna
Coccia, Maria Elisabetta
Pozza, Andrea
author_facet Pugi, Daniele
Dèttore, Davide
Marazziti, Donatella
Ferretti, Fabio
Coluccia, Anna
Coccia, Maria Elisabetta
Pozza, Andrea
author_sort Pugi, Daniele
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description OBJECTIVE: After a diagnosis of infertility, an increasing number of couples turns to the Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR) to achieve a pregnancy. A diagnosis of infertility has a negative impact on the individual's well-being and it can increase the risk of anxious-depressive symptoms, stress, and low self-esteem. Data associated with infertility-related Quality of Life (QoL) are lacking in men. Little is known about men’s experience of infertility and its treatments during the pandemic. Among the variables potentially associated with infertility-related QoL, the role of obsessive beliefs is neglected, although preliminary studies considered perfectionistic traits. METHOD: One hundred and fifty-one participants were included. Eighty men (mean age: 40.83 years) were attending a MAR pathway. Of these, 50 men (67.5%) were undergoing homologous MAR and 30 men (37.5%) were undergoing heterologous MAR. A control group consisting of 71 subjects (mean age: 36.69 years), paired by age, marital status, and number of children, was drawn from the general population. The Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire-46, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-20, and the Fertility Quality of Life Questionnaire were administered. RESULTS: High levels of anxiety, depression and stress were moderately associated with lower infertility-related Quality of Life. For men undergoing homologous MAR, perfectionism beliefs represented a vulnerability factor for a lower fertility-related QoL, while for men undergoing heterologous MAR, high thought control beliefs represented a risk factor for a lower fertility-related QoL. CONCLUSIONS: A focus on the obsessive beliefs should be included in the psychological treatment of infertile men, specifically perfectionism in homologous MAR and control of thoughts in heterologous MAR. Therefore, psychological assessment and support interventions should be personalized according to the MAR pathway and be focused on men’s cognitive features in order to improve their QoL during the MAR pathway.
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spelling pubmed-87854272022-01-28 Fertility-Related Quality of Life in Men Undergoing Medically Assisted Reproduction During the Pandemic: Perfectionism and Thought Control Beliefs Moderate the Effects of the Type of Treatment Pugi, Daniele Dèttore, Davide Marazziti, Donatella Ferretti, Fabio Coluccia, Anna Coccia, Maria Elisabetta Pozza, Andrea Clin Neuropsychiatry Reasearch Paper OBJECTIVE: After a diagnosis of infertility, an increasing number of couples turns to the Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR) to achieve a pregnancy. A diagnosis of infertility has a negative impact on the individual's well-being and it can increase the risk of anxious-depressive symptoms, stress, and low self-esteem. Data associated with infertility-related Quality of Life (QoL) are lacking in men. Little is known about men’s experience of infertility and its treatments during the pandemic. Among the variables potentially associated with infertility-related QoL, the role of obsessive beliefs is neglected, although preliminary studies considered perfectionistic traits. METHOD: One hundred and fifty-one participants were included. Eighty men (mean age: 40.83 years) were attending a MAR pathway. Of these, 50 men (67.5%) were undergoing homologous MAR and 30 men (37.5%) were undergoing heterologous MAR. A control group consisting of 71 subjects (mean age: 36.69 years), paired by age, marital status, and number of children, was drawn from the general population. The Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire-46, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-20, and the Fertility Quality of Life Questionnaire were administered. RESULTS: High levels of anxiety, depression and stress were moderately associated with lower infertility-related Quality of Life. For men undergoing homologous MAR, perfectionism beliefs represented a vulnerability factor for a lower fertility-related QoL, while for men undergoing heterologous MAR, high thought control beliefs represented a risk factor for a lower fertility-related QoL. CONCLUSIONS: A focus on the obsessive beliefs should be included in the psychological treatment of infertile men, specifically perfectionism in homologous MAR and control of thoughts in heterologous MAR. Therefore, psychological assessment and support interventions should be personalized according to the MAR pathway and be focused on men’s cognitive features in order to improve their QoL during the MAR pathway. Giovanni Fioriti Editore srl 2021-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8785427/ /pubmed/35096078 http://dx.doi.org/10.36131/cnfioritieditore20210605 Text en © 2021 Giovanni Fioriti Editore s.r.l. This is an open access article. Distribution and reproduction are permitted in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited.
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Pugi, Daniele
Dèttore, Davide
Marazziti, Donatella
Ferretti, Fabio
Coluccia, Anna
Coccia, Maria Elisabetta
Pozza, Andrea
Fertility-Related Quality of Life in Men Undergoing Medically Assisted Reproduction During the Pandemic: Perfectionism and Thought Control Beliefs Moderate the Effects of the Type of Treatment
title Fertility-Related Quality of Life in Men Undergoing Medically Assisted Reproduction During the Pandemic: Perfectionism and Thought Control Beliefs Moderate the Effects of the Type of Treatment
title_full Fertility-Related Quality of Life in Men Undergoing Medically Assisted Reproduction During the Pandemic: Perfectionism and Thought Control Beliefs Moderate the Effects of the Type of Treatment
title_fullStr Fertility-Related Quality of Life in Men Undergoing Medically Assisted Reproduction During the Pandemic: Perfectionism and Thought Control Beliefs Moderate the Effects of the Type of Treatment
title_full_unstemmed Fertility-Related Quality of Life in Men Undergoing Medically Assisted Reproduction During the Pandemic: Perfectionism and Thought Control Beliefs Moderate the Effects of the Type of Treatment
title_short Fertility-Related Quality of Life in Men Undergoing Medically Assisted Reproduction During the Pandemic: Perfectionism and Thought Control Beliefs Moderate the Effects of the Type of Treatment
title_sort fertility-related quality of life in men undergoing medically assisted reproduction during the pandemic: perfectionism and thought control beliefs moderate the effects of the type of treatment
topic Reasearch Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8785427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35096078
http://dx.doi.org/10.36131/cnfioritieditore20210605
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