Anxiety and depression have no influence on the cancellation and pregnancy rates of a first IVF or ICSI treatment

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1092-1098

  Lintsen, A M E ^a   Verhaak, C M ^a   Eijkemans, M J C ^b   Smeenk, J M J ^a,c   Braat, D D M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Distress; IVF; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 67449110859     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den491     Document Type: Article

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