title: Admissibility Investigation and Validation of Infertility Distress Scale (IDS) in Iranian Infertile Women.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Psychological stress has a profound effect on infertility and its treatment. The aim of this study was to develop a specific scale to determine distress levels among Iranian infertile women.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this cross-sectional study the samples included 300 women (145 fertile and 155 infertile) who completed the Infertility Distress Scale (IDS) form. Data was analysed using correlation method and main component analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  These results show that all 21 items had a high correlation with the overall scale. Cronbach's alpha value was 0.91 for the entire list. Factor analysis results with 5 element extraction could identify 88% of overall variance with a special value higher than 1.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to results, the IDS questionnaire has enough admissibility and va- lidity in the measurement of the infertility distress scale in Iranian infertile women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Khadijeh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arab-Sheybani
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Research Institute of Hawzeh and University, Qom, Iran.
authors.forename: Masoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janbozorgi
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecologic Nursing, Nursing School, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aygul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akyuz
keywords: Infertility; Validity; Women