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• TITLE: A Survey of Correlation Infertility Self-Efficacy with Behavioral Health Scales in Infertile Women

  AUTHORS: Mahbobeh Faramarzi, Hajar Pasha, Seddigheh Esmailzadeh, Farzan Kheirkhah, Karimollah Hajian-Tilaki, Hajar Salmalian

  KEYWORDS: Infertility, Self-Efficacy, Depression, Stress, Anxiety, Health Behaviors, Fertility Problem

  JOURNAL NAME: Health, Vol.6 No.10, April 14, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Background: Infertility is a unique medical challenge that can have health behavioral consequence on infertile women including lack of self-esteem, depression, anxiety, fertility problem in infertile couples. The aim of this study was to evaluate correlation between self-efficacy and health behaviors scales in infertile women. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted on 89 infertile women with mild to moderate depression (Beck scores 10 - 47) who were recruited from Fatemeh Zahra Infertility and Reproductive Health Research Center. All participants completed Self-efficacy Inventory (ISE) and other health behavioral scales (e.g., the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Cattle Anxiety Scale (CAS), Fertility Problem Infertility (FPI), and GHQ). Pearson correlation coefficient and Spearman rho correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data. Variables were included in the study if they had a p-value of