Journal of International Reproductive Health/Family Planning ›› 2022, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (6): 452-455.doi: 10.12280/gjszjk.20220181

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Influencing Factors of Psychological Resilience in Infertile Patients with Obese Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

LYU Xiang-yang, REN Xiao-shuang, ZHANG Liang, XU Ji-qun(), WU Hai-cui   

  1. Department of Reproduction and Genetics, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250011, China (LYU Xiang-yang, ZHANG Liang, XU Ji-qun, WU Hai-cui); Department of Women Health Care, Jinan Maternal and Child Health Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250001, China (REN Xiao-shuang)
  • Received:2022-04-08 Published:2022-11-15 Online:2022-11-18
  • Contact: XU Ji-qun E-mail:szyxujiqun70111882@163.com

Abstract:

Objective: To investigate the psychological resilience and its influencing factors in infertile patients with obese polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Methods: A total of 235 infertile patients with obese PCOS from the Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (our hospital), from January 2019 to August 2021, were selected as the observation group, and 100 healthy adult women who underwent physical examination in our hospital were selected as the control group. The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) was used to assess the psychological resilience. The Fertility Problem Inventory (FPI) was used to assess the infertility-related stress level. The Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS) was used to evaluate the degree of social support of the subjects. The influencing factors of mental toughness were analyzed by the binary Logistic regression. Results: The total scores of CD-RISC and SSRS in the observation group was lower than those in the control group, and the total score of FPI was higher than that in the control group (P<0.05). There were significant differences in CD-RISC score in terms of years of infertility, educational level, and per capita monthly income between the two groups (all P<0.05). The Logistic regression analysis showed that infertility years ≥5, the education level of junior college or below, FPI score<37 were independent risk factors leading to psychological resilience (all P<0.05), while menthly income≥6 000, total SSRS score≥39 were protective factors of psychological resilience (all P<0.05). Conclusions: The psychological resilience of obese PCOS infertility patients is lower than that of the normal population. The PCOS infertility patients with low education level, low monthly income level, low social support level, long infertility years and high infertility related pressure should be actively given psychological intervention.

Key words: Polycystic ovary syndrome, Obesity, Infertility, female, Root cause analysis, Psychological resilience