| Table 2. FertiQoL scores stratified by other sample variables. Mean (standard deviation). | |||||||||
| Variable | FertiQoL subscales | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core - Emotional |
Core - Mind Body | Core - Relational |
Core - Social |
Treatment -Environment | Treatment Tolerability | Core - Total |
Treatment - Total | Total FertiQoL |
|
| Age (years) ≤ 30 31 to 35 > 35 p1 |
51.0 (14.5) 56.4 (21.0) 51.7 (23.5) 0.529 |
68.5 (18.4) 68.9 (22.5) 61.4 (24.8) 0.353 |
81.1 (15.9) 74.1 (17.9) 72.2 (16.5) 0.218 |
65.7 (19.1) 66.4 (19.9) 59.5 (22.6) 0.355 |
77.7 (17.6) 67.9 (21.4) 68.6 (19.9) 0.218 |
79.7 (12.0) 73.0 (22.8) 66.4 (24.9) 0.135 |
66.6 (13.9) 66.5 (16.5) 61.2 (19.1) 0.375 |
78.3 (13.3) 70.1 (16.9) 67.9 (13.8) 0.076 |
70.0 (11.4) 67.7 (14.1) 63.0 (16.2) 0.220 |
| Educational attainment Some primary Complete primary Secondary Higher p1 |
48.6 (14.5) 63.0 (22.8) 52.8 (19.1) 50.2 (24.6) 0.338 |
56.6 (23.3) 77.0 (14.3) 68.1 (19.8) 59.9 (27.9) 0.094 |
70.0 (18.7) 78.7 (14.9) 79.4 (13.9) 67.4 (17.0) 0.029 |
51.2 (19.6) 74.6 (18.4) 67.0 (17.2) 54.8 (23.3) 0.006 |
73.0 (17.7) 69.5 (25.5) 73.1 (20.6) 62.9 (18.9) 0.330 |
75.2 (18.2) 83.9 (11.3) 75.0 (18.8) 57.2 (28.7) 0.004 |
56.6 (15.5) 73.3 (14.2) 66.9 (14.3) 58.2 (20.4) 0.026 |
72.4 (14.1) 74.8 (17.4) 73.8 (14.9) 62.3 (15.9) 0.046 |
61.6 (11.4) 73.6 (12.3) 68.9 (12.3) 59.1 (17.8) 0.015 |
| Economically active No Yes p2 |
51.7 (24.5) 54.1 (20.4) 0.717 |
61.2 (28.5) 67.1 (21.7) 0.41 |
74.8 (26.8) 74.8 (15.4) 0.999 |
71.2 (24.3) 62.8 (20) 0.195 |
71.2 (22.9) 69.8 (20.1) 0.826 |
72.2 (32.9) 72 (20.4) 0.977 |
64.9 (21.9) 64.7 (16.2) 0.982 |
71.9 (19) 70.8 (15.1) 0.81 |
66.7 (19.0) 66.5 (13.8) 0.954 |
| Previous children No Yes (natural/non-natural) p2 |
52.9 (20.2) 58.3 (24.3) 0.382 |
65.8 (22.5) 68.7 (23.9) 0.661 |
74.1 (17.5) 78.6 (15.4) 0.374 |
62.2 (20.8) 73.2 (18.4) 0.068 |
70.3 (19.9) 68.6 (23.5) 0.785 |
72.3 (20.4) 70.5 (31.5) 0.783 |
63.8 (16.9) 69.7 (17.3) 0.235 |
71.2 (15) 69.4 (19) 0.701 |
66.0 (14.3) 69.5 (15.3) 0.411 |
| Previous miscarriage Yes No p2 |
49.2 (18.1) 54.6 (21.3) 0.390 |
60.7 (20.1) 67.3 (23.0) 0.338 |
75.9 (13.2) 74.6 (17.9) 0.804 |
58.0 (18.9) 65.0 (20.9) 0.266 |
73.1 (13.2) 69.5 (21.3) 0.423 |
59.1 (26.8) 74.3 (20.8) 0.023 |
60.9 (13.8) 65.4 (17.4) 0.379 |
67.8 (15.5) 71.4 (15.6) 0.442 |
62.9 (13.0) 67.2 (14.7) 0.325 |
| Previous assisted reproduction No Yes p2 |
53.3 (20.1) 53.8 (22.2) 0.920 |
65.9 (22.6) 66.3 (23.1) 0.936 |
73.2 (18.4) 77.5 (14.4) 0.271 |
64.1 (20.4) 62.8 (21.6) 0.787 |
72.1 (18.4) 65.1 (23.4) 0.131 |
74.4 (21.2) 66.6 (23.9) 0.125 |
64.2 (16.8) 65.2 (17.3) 0.790 |
73.1 (13.9) 65.8 (17.5) 0.039 |
66.7 (14.1) 65.3 (15.1) 0.668 |
| Cause of infertility Male Female Both p1 |
59.3 (15.8) 52.3 (21.0) 51 (24.3) 0.487 |
70.8 (24.6) 64.3 (21.8) 68.2 (25.9) 0.596 |
73.8 (14.5) 75.9 (18.1) 69.4 (16.8) 0.499 |
65.5 (21.9) 62.6 (20.3) 68.1 (23.5) 0.678 |
61.0 (24.5) 70.7 (20.0) 77.1 (16.2) 0.124 |
74.4 (14.3) 71.1 (24.3) 71.4 (20.8) 0.886 |
67.4 (17.3) 63.8 (16.4) 64.2 (20.8) 0.784 |
66.2 (15.2) 71.1 (15.7) 74.7 (16.5) 0.379 |
67.0 (12.2) 65.9 (14.4) 67.2 (18.5) 0.944 |
| Assisted reproduction method ICSI IVF p2 |
58.7 (24.7) 53.1 (20.3) 0.405 |
71.5 (24.9) 65.6 (22.4) 0.418 |
74.2 (16.0) 74.9 (17.5) 0.910 |
60.4 (26.7) 64.4 (19.9) 0.545 |
58.6 (27.4) 71.6 (18.8) 0.047 |
69.7 (23.9) 72.4 (22.2) 0.710 |
66.4 (21.0) 64.5 (16.5) 0.734 |
62.8 (18.7) 72.1 (14.9) 0.066 |
65.3 (15.6) 66.7 (14.4) 0.757 |
| BDI Negative Positive p2 |
56.5 (21.0) 44.5 (17.6) 0.023 |
72.2 (18.5) 45.8 (24.2) < 0.001 |
78.4 (13.4) 62.5 (22.9) 0.007 |
66.4 (18.9) 55.5 (24.6) 0.038 |
69.9 (21.9) 70.3 (13.9) 0.923 |
75.8 (19.4) 59.2 (26.9) 0.016 |
68.4 (14.8) 52.2 (18.3) <0.001 |
71.9 (15.9) 67.4 (14.2) 0.250 |
69.5 (12.5) 56.3 (16.4) <0.001 |
1Analysis of variance. 2Student’s t-test.