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).