Effect of stress inoculation training on psychological state and the fertility quality of life in infertility patients

Objective To explore the effects of stress inoculation training (SIT) on anxiety, coping style and the infertility quality of life of the female patients. Methods This study was a prospective non randomized control study. Totally 126 female infertility patients who were hospitalized in a ClassⅢ Grade A hospital from September 2017 to June 2018 were selected as the study objects. According to the order of admission, they were divided into control group and intervention group, with 63 cases in each group. The control group received routine nursing intervention, and the intervention group received 2 months of SIT on the basis of routine nursing. Before and after intervention, the patients in the two groups were assessed with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) , Trait Coping Style Questionnaire (TCSQ) and Fertility Quality of Life Questionnaire (FertiQoL) . Results After 2 months of SIT, the scores of S-AI and T-AI in STAI of the intervention group were (38.91±10.54) , (38.98±8.43) , the score of PC in TCSQ was (36.40±6.80) , the scores of emotional subscale, the treatment environment subscale and the treatment tolerability subscale in FertiQoL were (68.24±9.68) , (69.10±7.86) , (66.98±14.63) , the scores of the treatment FertiQoL and the total FertiQoL were (68.04±8.36) , (69.92±6.80) respectively, which were better than those in the control group with statistical significance (P<0.05) . Conclusions SIT can reduce the anxiety state of patients with infertility, improve the positive response of patients, and improve the quality of reproductive life of patients, but it still suggests that medical staff should pay attention to the long-term relationship between husband and wife and social relations of patients with infertility. Key words: Infertility; Coping style; Anxiety; Stress inoculation training; Fertility quality of life