A study of couple burnout in infertile couples
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INTRODUCTION: Infertility is a major crisis that can cause psychological problems and emotionally distressing experiences, and eventually affect a couples' relationship. The objective of this study is to investigate couple burnout in infertile couples who were undergoing treatmentat the Infertility Clinic of Yazd, Iran. METHOD: The present study is a cross-sectional descriptive one on 98 infertile couples referringto the Infertility Centerof Yazd, Iran, who were chosen on a simple random sampling basis. The measuring tools consisted of the Couple Burnout Measure (CBM) and a demographic questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 16 and the statistical tests of ANOVA and t-test.P-values less than 0.05 were considered as significant. RESULTS: The results show that infertile women experience higher levels of couple burnout than their husbands (p<0.001). Also, a comparison of the scales of couple burnout--psychological burnout (p<0.01), somatic burnout (p<0.01), and emotional burnout (p<0.001)--between wives and husbands show that women are at greater risk. CONCLUSION: Infertile couples' emotional, mental, and sexual problems need to be addressed as part of the infertility treatment programs, and psychotherapists should be included in the medical team.
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Emotional exhaustion and burnout are common features of infertility, resulting from chronic exposure to emotional ups and downs.
“Emotional exhaustion and burnout have also been reported as a common feature of infertility, resulting from the chronic exposure to the emotional ups and downs of infertility.26 29”
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The Introduction describes burnout as a possible consequence of infertility and defines it as including emotional exhaustion. The Results report a correlation between the duration of infertility and degree of burnout. The paper does not establish that burnout is common among infertile people or that it results specifically from chronic exposure to emotional ups and downs. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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- Authors
- Ghavi, F., Jamale, S., Mosalanejad, L., & Mosallanezhad, Z.
- Affiliations
- Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Jahrom University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Shiraz University (IR)
- Corresponding author
- Mosalanejad, Leili
- Venue
- Global Journal of Health Science
- Published
- 2015-08-06
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 158
- ISSN
- 1916-9736 (ISSN-L)
- 1916-9744
- PMC
- PMC4873592
- OpenAlex
- W2151546920
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 0.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Global Journal of Health Science (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Jahrom University of Medical Sciences
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Keywords
- couple burnout, infertility, infertile couples, burnout, gender differences, infertility treatment
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Family Characteristics, Female, Humans, Infertility, Female, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stress, Psychological, Women
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