| Table 5. Intraand inter-group comparison of DASS-42 scores during the COVID-19 pandemic of the infertile (n=71) and fertile (n=117) groups | ||||||
| Domain | Group | Baseline (µ±SD) |
6 Months (µ±SD) |
∆ Change | p-value* | p-value† |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | Infertile Fertile |
3.4±3.13 2.7±3.14 |
5.8±3.66 5.4±4.26 |
+2.4 +2.7 |
<0.001 <0.001 |
0.463 |
| Stress | Infertile Fertile |
7.7±4.59 5.6±4.29 |
3.7±2.61 3.1±2.42 |
-4.0 -2.5 |
<0.001 <0.001 |
0.011 |
| Depression | Infertile Fertile |
4.0±3.77 2.3±3.33 |
4.0±2.60 3.5±3.08 |
0.0 +1.20 |
0.980 0.018 |
0.035 |
*Intra-group comparison, baseline and after 6 months: Student’s paired t-test.
†Inter-group comparison, baseline and after 6 months: multivariate analysis between groups.