Table 3 Frequency and rate of depression and anxiety based on infertility duration.
From: A survey of relationship between anxiety, depression and duration of infertility
1–3 years | 4–6 years | 7–9 years | >10 years | All | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freq. | Rate | Freq. | Rate | Freq. | Rate | Freq. | Rate | Freq. | Rate | ||
Depression stage (P = 0.106) | Normal | 75 | 70 | 70 | 57.8 | 34 | 53.8 | 40 | 50.6 | 219 | 59.2 |
Mild | 22 | 20.5 | 34 | 28.1 | 16 | 25 | 24 | 30.3 | 96 | 25. | |
Moderate | 5 | 4.6 | 12 | 9.9 | 8 | 12.5 | 12 | 15.1 | 37 | 10. | |
Severe | 4 | 3.7 | 5 | 4.1 | 6 | 9.3 | 3 | 3.7 | 18 | 4.8 | |
Anxiety Stage (P = 0.048) | Normal | 24 | 22.6 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 9.3 | 8 | 10.1 | 49 | 13.3 |
Moderate | 41 | 38.6 | 51 | 42.1 | 24 | 37.5 | 25 | 31.6 | 141 | 38.1 | |
Neurotic | 29 | 27.3 | 36 | 29.7 | 24 | 37.5 | 28 | 35.4 | 117 | 31.6 | |
Severe | 12 | 11.3 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 15.6 | 18 | 22.7 | 63 | 16.9 | |