Conference paper

THE ROLE OF RELIGIOSITY IN COPING WITH INFERTILITY TREATMENT

Dunja Jurić Vukelić orcid.org/0000-0003-2757-201X ; Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Zorana Kušević ; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia ; Department of Psychological Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Bjanka Vuksan-Ćusa ; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Background: To analyze relationship between religiosity and psychological distress in woman undergoing in vitro fertilization.
Subjects and methods: The study was based on 103 woman engaged in a fertility treatment with in vitro fertilization. The
questionnaires (Religiosity Questionnaire, Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation 􀂱 Outcome Measure, and socio-demographic
questionnaire) were administered by investigators.
Results: The results suggest that the level of religiosity significantly differs participants in terms of problems (F=1.92, p=0.01),
functioning (F=1.79, p=0.03), risk behaviors (F=3.02, p=0.00), anxiety (F=1.72, p=0.03) and physical problems (F=1.82, p=0.02).
There were no significant differences in subjective wellbeing, depression and traumatization according to religiosity.
Conclusion: Results of a present study point out that religiosity could be considered as a protective factor for psychological distress.

Keywords

in vitro fertilization; religiosity; psychological distress

Hrčak ID:

272549

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/272549

Publication date:

19.10.2021.

Visits: 555 *