Psychological Status and Influencing Factors Among Pregnant Women Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization

This retrospective study aimed to observe the psychological status and analyze the influencing factors among pregnant women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF).

A total of 456 pregnant women who underwent IVF and were admitted to the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University from June 2021 to January 2022 were included as research subjects. General data of all subjects, including previous miscarriage history, infertility duration, number of IVF treatments, factors contributing to infertility, endometrial thickness, and embryo quality, were collected. Univariate/multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the risk factors associated with the psychological status of pregnant women undergoing IVF.

In this study, 191 (41.89%) patients were diagnosed with anxiety disorder, and 131 (28.73%) patients were diagnosed with depression. Significant differences were observed between the anxiety group and the non-anxiety group in terms of previous miscarriage history, infertility duration, number of IVF treatments, ovarian factors of infertility, oviduct factors of infertility, uterus factors of infertility, endometrial thickness, and embryo quality (all P < .05). Similarly, significant differences were found between the depression group and the non-depression group in terms of previous miscarriage history, infertility duration, number of IVF treatments, ovarian factors of infertility, oviduct factors of infertility, uterus factors of infertility, endometrial thickness, and embryo quality (all P < .05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that the number of IVF treatments was an independent risk factor for both anxiety and depression status (all P < .05).

Among pregnant women undergoing IVF, psychological states such as anxiety and depression may be associated with the number of IVF treatments, endometrial thickness, and embryo quality.