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Disease infertility
Symptom C0003467|anxiety
Sentences 7
PubMedID- 24198646 In our environment, infertility is associated with self-pity, guilt, anxiety, misery, feelings of worthlessness and unwholesomeness, and at the extreme end, suicide.1,2,6,7 infertility is defined as the inability to achieve a pregnancy within a specified period of time, usually 1 year, despite regular and adequate unprotected sexual intercourse.
PubMedID- 23737712 In some studies, it was found that the infertility was associated with anxiety disorder .
PubMedID- 19947903 Among men, high scores of neuroticism and unexplained or male infertility factor were associated with depressive and/or anxiety disorders.
PubMedID- 24520444 Evidence suggests that the anxiety and depressionassociated with infertility are similar to those associatedwith other serious medical conditions such ascancers and infection with human immunodeficiencyvirus (5).
PubMedID- 25587255 However, state and trait anxiety were not associated with infertility duration.
PubMedID- 26408624 A self-designed questionnaire and general information on the anxiety due to infertility were used in the investigation.
PubMedID- 23052895 Approximately 5-10% of women in the reproductive years are affected by infertility which is associated with depression, anxiety and disturbed eating behavior.

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