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Fertility and Sterility

Volume 95, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 1192-1194
Fertility and Sterility

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Longitudinal depressive symptoms and state anxiety among women using assisted reproductive technology

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We examined the relationship between infertility treatment and psychosocial health through a longitudinal analysis. Women who underwent FSH-IUI or IVF had higher levels of depressive symptoms and state anxiety at baseline compared with those who attempted conception naturally, and this difference persisted over time.

Key Words

Anxiety
assisted reproductive technology
depression
longitudinal studies
pregnancy

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A.V. has nothing to disclose. Y.R.S. has nothing to disclose. M.D. has nothing to disclose. H.A.F. has nothing to disclose.

A.V. was supported by a pilot grant award by the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender and an institutional National Institutes of Health K12 career development award (NIH K12-HD001438).