The effects of comprehensive nursing intervention on the negative emotions of patients with infertility

Hailing Zhu; Siyi Xu; Meihong Wang; Ying Shang; Chan Wei; Jinshan Fu

The effects of comprehensive nursing intervention on the negative emotions of patients with infertility

Am J Transl Res. 2021 Jul 15;13(7):7767-7774. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Hailing Zhu¹, Siyi Xu², Meihong Wang¹, Ying Shang², Chan Wei¹, Jinshan Fu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Reproductive Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University Haikou 570100, Hainan Province, China.
² Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University Haikou 570100, Hainan Province, China.

PMID: 34377253
PMCID: PMC8340179

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the effects of comprehensive nursing intervention (CNI) on the negative emotions of patients with infertility.

Methods: A total of 132 patients were recruited as the study cohort and randomly divided into an observation group (n=62) and a control group (n=70). The patients in both groups underwent routine treatment and nursing. In addition, the patients in the observation group were administered CNI. The quality of life (QOL) scores and depression levels of all the patients were evaluated after the intervention.

Results: Before the CNI, the QOL scores and the anxiety and depression levels showed no significant differences between two the groups (P>0.05). After the intervention, the observation group showed much higher mild-depression and non-depression levels, higher mild-anxiety and non-anxiety levels and higher QOL and physiological function scores than the control group (all P<0.05).

Conclusion: CNI has an effect on the negative emotions of patients with infertility.

Keywords: Infertility; anxiety; comprehensive nursing intervention; depression; quality of life.