Relationship between Spiritual Well-being, Anxiety, Depression and Emotion in Infertile Women after Assisted Reproductive Surgical Technology

Infertility can affect women's health, so spiritual and mental health might be very important in case of infertile women. Therefore, the goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between spiritual well-being, anxiety, depression and emotion in infertile women after assisted reproductive surgical technology.

The present study is a descriptive-analytic research which was conducted on a cross-sectional basis. The statistical population of the study consisted of infertile women who referred to hospitals in Shiraz, among whom 247 subjects participated in the study. Paloutzian and Ellison’s Questionnaire of Spiritual Well-Being questionnaire, Beck anxiety& depression Questionnaire and the Garnefski Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire were used. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics methodology including mean (standard deviation) and frequency (percentage) in the form of tables, charts, and Spearman Correlation Tests. The SPSS software version 23 was used at 5% P-value.

The results of this study showed that anxiety, depression and some aspects of Garnefsky's emotion were negatively correlated with spiritual well-being. In other words, the higher the spiritual health of the infertile woman, the greater the ability to adapt and accept the problem of infertility and to accept assisted reproductive surgical technology and also uses her or others' blame mechanisms to a lesser extent. Conclusion and

Spiritual well-being might help improving the mental status of infertile women and reduce their negative emotions. This spiritual well-being might guarantee the ability to cope with infertility-related complications and assisted reproductive surgical technologies.

Mental health can help improve the mental state of infertile women and reduce their negative emotions, and in the light of this spiritual health, the ability to adapt to infertility-related problems and infertility surgery can be guaranteed.