Prevalence of depressive and anxiety disorders in an assisted reproductive technique clinic.
BACKGROUND
Little is known about the prevalence of specific depressive and anxiety disorders in women before a new course of assisted reproductive technology treatment. Few studies have adopted the proper psychiatric diagnostic procedures.


METHODS
All consecutive women visiting the assisted reproduction clinic of a university-affiliated medical centre, with the intention of starting a new assisted reproduction treatment course, were recruited. A psychiatrist made a diagnosis of psychiatric disorders using a structured interview, the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI).


RESULTS
Of a total of 112 participants, 40.2% had a psychiatric disorder. The most common diagnosis was generalized anxiety disorder (23.2%), followed by major depressive disorder (17.0%), and dysthymic disorder (9.8%). Participants with a psychiatric morbidity did not differ from those without in terms of age, education, income, or years of infertility. Women with a history of previous assisted reproduction treatment did not differ from those without in depression or anxiety.


CONCLUSIONS
Depressive and anxiety disorders were highly prevalent among women who visited an assisted reproduction clinic for a new course of the treatment. Demographic features and a history of previous assisted reproduction treatment were not risk factors for these psychiatric morbidities in the assisted reproduction clinic.
Chen
Ting-Hsiu
TH
Department of Psychiatry,Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan [correction]
Chang
Sheng-Ping
SP
Tsai
Chia-Fen
CF
Juang
Kai-Dih
KD
D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000328:Adult; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D019263:Dysthymic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D015995:Prevalence; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000379:methods; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology