The Relationship Between the Perceived Social Support Levels and Levels of Adjustment to the Infertility Problem of Women Who Received Infertility Treatment

Abstract

The present study was conducted to determine the perceived social support levels of women who undergo infertility treatment and their adjustment to the infertility problem. The study had a descriptive and relational design, and was conducted with 190 women who were being treated at the IVF Unit of a training and research hospital in Istanbul. The data were collected with the “Patient Information Form”, “Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support” (MSPSS), and Fertility Adjustment Scale. The Mann Whitney U Test, Kruskal Wallis H Test, and Pearson Correlation Analysis were used in the analysis of the data. The mean total MSPSS score of the participants was found to be 63.92±15.90, and the mean total Fertility Adjustment Scale score was 22.93±4.39. A statistically significant difference was detected between employment status, infertility durations, economic levels, marriage durations, and MSPSS total scores (pThe present study was conducted to determine the perceived social support levels of women who undergo infertility treatment and their adjustment to the infertility problem. The study had a descriptive and relational design, and was conducted with 190 women who were being treated at the IVF Unit of a training and research hospital in Istanbul. The data were collected with the “Patient Information Form”, “Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support” (MSPSS), and Fertility Adjustment Scale. The Mann Whitney U Test, Kruskal Wallis H Test, and Pearson Correlation Analysis were used in the analysis of the data. The mean total MSPSS score of the participants was found to be 63.92±15.90, and the mean total Fertility Adjustment Scale score was 22.93±4.39. A statistically significant difference was detected between employment status, infertility durations, economic levels, marriage durations, and MSPSS total scores (p