Depression in primary versus secondary infertility egg recipients.
Women with primary infertility and their husbands were significantly more depressed than women with secondary infertility and their husbands, and the difference in levels of depression of women compared with their husbands was significantly greater for primary than for secondary infertility. Depressive symptomology for childless individuals is greater for wives than for their husbands.
Epstein
Yakov M
YM
Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8019, USA. yepstein@rci.rutgers.edu
Rosenberg
Helane S
HS
D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018587:Oocyte Donation / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012727:Sex Characteristics