Admissibility Investigation and Validation of Infertility Distress Scale (IDS) in Iranian Infertile Women

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Aygul Akyuz¹  Khadijeh Arab-sheybani²  Masoud Janbozorgi³ 

[1] Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecologic Nursing, Nursing School, Gulhane Military Medical Academy,Ankara, Turkey;Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran;Department of Psychology, Research Institute of Hawzeh and University, Qom, Iran;

关键词: infertility;    validity;    women;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundPsychological stress has a profound effect on infertility and its treatment.The aim of this study was to develop a specific scale to determine distress levels amongIranian infertile women.Materials and MethodsIn this cross-sectional study the samples included 300 women(145 fertile and 155 infertile) who completed the Infertility Distress Scale (IDS) form. Datawas analysed using correlation method and main component analysis.ResultsThese results show that all 21 items had a high correlation with the overall scale.Cronbach’s alpha value was 0.91 for the entire list. Factor analysis results with 5 elementextraction could identify 88% of overall variance with a special value higher than 1.ConclusionAccording to results, the IDS questionnaire has enough admissibility and va-lidity in the measurement of the infertility distress scale in Iranian infertile women.

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