Results
The socio-demographic data of the groups are shown in Table 1. The mean age was 28.72±3.63 years in the ”infertility due to known causes” group; 30.13±4.59 years in the ”unexplained infertility” group, and 34.17±4.65 years in the ”fertile” group. The mean age of the fertile individuals was statistically significantly higher compared to the mean age of the infertile individuals. The length of marriage was longer in the fertile group compared to the infertile patient group (p <0.01).
The scale scores of the groups are presented in Table 2. No significant differences in the levels of alexithymia, somatosensory amplification, and anxiety sensitivity were detected across the groups (p>0.05).
When the correlation of clinical scale scores with each other was analyzed in the whole group of infertile patients regardless of the cause, anxiety sensitivity was found increased as difficulty identifying feelings increased (Table 3).
When the effect of spouse and family support on scale scores was examined in the infertile patient group, no statistically significant differences were found between the group of individuals; who were and who were not supported by the family and the spouse (p>0.05).