Emotional reaction to diagnosis of infertility in Kuwait and successful clients' perception of nurses' role during treatment

Table 2 Association between causes of infertility and emotional reactions

Causes of Infertility	No of client	%	Anxiety	%	Depression	%	P value
Women	N = 268		34	12.7	4	5.2	0.001*
Ovarian dysfunction	174	64.9	24	13.8	7	4.9	0.002*
Tubal blockage	16	6	2	12.5	1	4	1
Endometriosis	15	5.6	1	6.7	2	13.3	1
Uterine factor	6	2.2	0	0	1	1.6	1
No female factor	57	21.3	7	12.3	3	5.3	0.321*
Men	N = 268		16	6	40	14.9	0.001*
Sperm Count:
Normozoospermia	164	61.2	8	4.9	17	10.4	0.045*
Oligozoospermia	80	29.9	6	7.5	8	10	0.780
Azoospermia	24	8.9	2	8.3	15	62.5	0.002*
Motility:
Normal	188	70.2	11	5.8	29	15.4	0.004*
Asthenozoospermia	80	29.8	5	6.3	11	13.8	0.186*
Morphology:
Normal morphology	237	88.4	13	5.5	32	13.5	0.005*
Teratozoospermia	31	11.6	3	9.7	8	25.8	0.182*
Immunological:
No antisperm antibodies	220	82.1	14	6.4	34	14.6	0.004*
Antisperm antibodies	48	17	2	4.2	8	16.7	0.091*

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