The Psychological Side of Covid-19 in People with Infertility

چکیده مقاله

Introduction: Monitoring behavioral and cultural insights during the pandemic is a useful tool to identify psychological construct as affect factors related to COVID-19(close, spreading, constant, fear-inducing, media-hyped, helpless, stressful). Materials and Methods: Data were collected using a questionnaire designed according to the “survey tool and guidance” provided by the World Health Organization (WHO). Research was conducted for 1 year, with a sample of 384 individuals with infertility who referred to Royan institute recruited. Results: our sample was 56.5% female and 43.5% male. Most of them (80%) were in the age range of 30-49, which most of them were in higher education level. Only 6.7% of them lived with people in a covid-19 risk (people >65years old/with chronic disease) group. Also, 52.9% of them have been infected with covid-19, which, 61.2% of them were confirmed by a test. Affect related to COVID-19(fear-inducing) was positively associated with the following: affect related to COVID-19 (constant) (p<0.001), affect related to COVID-19 (close) (p=0.023), self-assessed probability of contracting covid -19 perception (p=0.029) and own behaviors: physical distancing as a prevention measure(p=0.038), Affect related to COVID19(fear-inducing) was negatively associated with the following covid -19 personal experience: not knowing someone close have been infected with COVID-19 (suspected or confirmed) (p=0.026), was 0.4 unit lower comparing to knowing them. Affect related to COVID-19 (close-far away) was positively associated with the following: self-assessed probability and susceptibility of contracting covid -19 perception(p<0.001), affect related to (constant) (p=0.001), and assessment of ease/ difficulty in understanding what authorities say about restrictions and recommendations regarding to COVID-19 (p=0.026). Affect related to COVID-19(close-far away) was negatively associated with the following financial situation over the past three months(p=0.004) which is 0.9 lower comparing to not knowing the financial situation. Affect related to COVID-19 (media-hyped) was positively associated with the following: assessment of ease/difficulty in understanding what authorities say about restrictions and recommendations regarding to COVID-19 (p<0.001), affect related to COVID-19 (fear-inducing) (p=0.003), having a chronic illness (p=0.014), self-assessed probability of contracting covid -19 perception(p=0.017), avoiding to attend in a social event (p=0.027) and affect related to COVID-19 (close-far away) (p=0.041). Conclusion: Study results could be useful for developing approaches tailo