The Role of Psychological Distress and Resilience in Quality of Life in Infertility in Infertile Women

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of psychological distress and resilience in the quality of life in infertility in infertile women.

The present study was a correlational study. The statistical population of this study consisted of all infertile women who were referred to four infertility treatment clinics during three months of 2019-20. Of this population, 346 women who were willing to participate were selected througth convenient sampling method. They were then asked to complete the measures including Resilience Questionnaire (Connor & Davidson, 2003), DASS-21 (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) and Quality of Life in Infertility Questionnaire  (Boivin et al., 2011). SPSS software and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data.

The findings of this study showed that there is a significant relationship between psychological distress and resilience with quality of life in infertility. These findings indicate that psychological distress (i.e., depression, anxiety and stress) and resilience play a significant role in predicting the quality of life in infertility.