Prevalence and incidence of depressive and anxious symptoms in couples undergoing assisted reproductive treatment in an Italian infertility department

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-241

  Chiaffarino, Francesca ^a   Baldini, Maria P ^a   Scarduelli, Claudia ^a   Bommarito, Francesca ^b   Ambrosio, Stefania ^b   D'Orsi, Cristiana ^b   Torretta, Rossella ^b   Bonizzoni, Micol ^a   Ragni, Guido ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b SIPRe (Societ Italiana Psicoanalisi della Relazione)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Couple; Depression; Incidence; IVF; Longitudinal study; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK;

EID: 80053562929     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2011.04.032     Document Type: Article

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