Agreement on Perceptions of Quality of Life in Couples Dealing With Infertility

被引:13
作者
Chachamovich, Juliana Rigol [1 ]
Chachamovich, Eduardo [2 ]
Ezer, Helene [1 ]
Fleck, Marcelo Pio [3 ]
Knauth, Daniela Riva [4 ]
Passos, Eduardo Pandolfi
机构
[1] McGill Univ, Sch Nursing, Montreal, PQ H3A 2A7, Canada
[2] McGill Univ, Douglas Mental Hlth Inst, McGill Grp Suicide Studies, Montreal, PQ, Canada
[3] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Postgrad Program Psychiat, BR-90046900 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
[4] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Dept Social Med, BR-90046900 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
来源
JOGNN-JOURNAL OF OBSTETRIC GYNECOLOGIC AND NEONATAL NURSING | 2010年 / 39卷 / 05期
关键词
agreement; infertility; quality of life; couples; WHOQOL; congruence; PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT; EXPERIENCING INFERTILITY; RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS; PORTUGUESE VERSION; BREAST-CANCER; WHOQOL-BREF; HEALTH; WOMEN; DEPRESSION; CONGRUENCE;
D O I
10.1111/j.1552-6909.2010.01168.x
中图分类号
R47 [护理学];
学科分类号
1011 ;
摘要
Objective To examine the extent to which men and women seeking treatment for infertility were able to accurately perceive their partners' ratings of their quality of life (QOL). Design Cross-sectional prospective study. Quality of life was measured as a multidimensional construct. Setting Assisted reproduction clinic of a university hospital. Participants One hundred and sixty-two couples participated. The men's and women's mean ages were 36.1 and 32.1 years, respectively. Most participants had no children, and no previous assisted reproduction attempts. Methods Men and women completed the World Health Organization-Quality of Life-Brief (WHOQOL-Brief) and the Beck Depression Inventory independently. Paired t tests were used to explore men's perceptions of their wives' QOL ratings and wives' perceptions of their husbands' ratings. Multiple regression and repeated-measures ANCOVA were used to examine the role of depression. Results Proxy assessments were consistently lower than self-reports on the domains of QOL. The influence of depression on agreement was minimal, and no gender effect was observed. Conclusion Findings indicated little agreement in perceptions of the partner's QOL, with each partner tending to underrate the other's view. Practitioners need to consider the differences between partners to enable partners to better understand and support each other.
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页码:557 / 565
页数:9
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