Coping with infertility: first results with the ScreenIVF questionnaire

Infertility and its treatment are often experienced as a psychological and physical burden by the couples themselves. Some of them can develop emotional maladjusment or depressive symptoms. The behaviour attempting to manage and control a stressful situation is referred to as coping. There are different ways of coping with infertility, some of which may have protective effects on depressive symptoms. Study question: Which coping methods could be specifically used to prevent depression in patients with infertility? In this cross-sectional study, 300 couples contacting the University Fertility Center in Heidelberg…