title: [Phenomenological study of infertile women with obesity].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Obesity is a condition strongly associated with polycystic ovary and other conditions that interfere with or complicate the treatment of assisted reproduction.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To examine, from a phenomenological point of view, the perception of infertile women obesity problem before undergoing assisted reproduction treatment. This analysis should help to design a psychotherapeutic strategy focused on this problem.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred patients with infertility, with a BMI equal to or greater than 30, candidates for assisted reproductive treatments in the service of Human Reproduction, Centro Médico Nacional 20 de Noviembre, ISSSTE. The phenomenological qualitative analysis was performed in 72 women who agreed to be interviewed in depth. The phenomenon is to study obesity in infertile women candidates for assisted reproduction treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Obese infertile women subject to assisted reproduction treatment perceive their difficulty losing weight is closely associated with infertility. Most patients had social feelings of worthlessness, sadness, worthlessness, and family rejection. The inability to obtain a steady weight loss is regarded as a minor frustration that sterility.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is very important to perform intensive, multidisciplinary labor, which is focused on concepts associated with psychological distress, such as: management of depression by sterility, control of anxiety and stress, control of social pressures and management of the illusion of motherhood. Also rely on specialists of eating habits and exercise.
authors.affiliation: Area de Intervención Psicológica del Servicio de Reproducción Humana, Centro Médico Nacional 20 de Noviembre, ISSSTE, México, DF.
authors.forename: Lilia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arranz-Lara
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Martínez-Lemus
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ruíz-Ornelas
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sauceda-González
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pimentel
authors.forename: Norma
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Anguiano
authors.forename: Zoé
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sondón
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cedillo
authors.forename: Alvaro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chávez
authors.forename: Miguel Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Regalado
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moreno
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015897:Comorbidity; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008132:Loneliness / Q000523:psychology; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012649:Self Concept; D057545:Social Stigma; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D015431:Weight Loss