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<journal>
<title>International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine</title>
<title_fa>International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine</title_fa>
<short_title>IJRM</short_title>
<subject>Medical Sciences</subject>
<web_url>http://ijrm.ir</web_url>
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<journal_id_issn>2476-4108</journal_id_issn>
<journal_id_issn_online>2476-3772</journal_id_issn_online>
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<journal_id_doi>10.29252/ijrm</journal_id_doi>
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<language>en</language>
<pubdate>
	<type>jalali</type>
	<year>1403</year>
	<month>9</month>
	<day>1</day>
</pubdate>
<pubdate>
	<type>gregorian</type>
	<year>2024</year>
	<month>12</month>
	<day>1</day>
</pubdate>
<volume>22</volume>
<number>12</number>
<publish_type>online</publish_type>
<publish_edition>1</publish_edition>
<article_type>fulltext</article_type>
<articleset>
	<article>


	<language>en</language>
	<article_id_doi></article_id_doi>
	<title_fa>مقایسه استرس، اضطراب و افسردگی در بین مردان نابارور: یک مطالعه‌ی مورد-شاهدی</title_fa>
	<title>Assessing psychological health and reproductive function: Depression, anxiety, and stress in infertile men compared to controls: A case-control study</title>
	<subject_fa></subject_fa>
	<subject>Reproductive Psycology</subject>
	<content_type_fa>Original Article</content_type_fa>
	<content_type>Original Article</content_type>
	<abstract_fa>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-justify:inter-ideograph&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;direction:rtl&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;unicode-bidi:embed&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;مقدمه: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;به دلیل افزایش شیوع ناباروری و همچنین استرس و اضطراب و افسردگی، بررسی ارتباط بین آنها و شناخت فاکتور&amp;shy;های دموگرافیک مؤثر بر استرس، اضطراب و افسردگی در این افراد حائز اهمیت خواهد بود.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-justify:inter-ideograph&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;direction:rtl&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;unicode-bidi:embed&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;هدف: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;هدف از انجام مطالعه مقایسه استرس،&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;اضطراب و افسردگی در بین مردان نابارور و گروه کنترل بود.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-justify:inter-ideograph&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;direction:rtl&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;unicode-bidi:embed&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;مواد و روش &amp;shy;ها: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;این مطالعه از دی تا بهمن 1401 در مرکز تحقیقات ناباروری میلاد مشهد انجام شد. در این مطالعه مورد شاهدی، تعداد60 نفر از مردان نابارور و 60 نفر مرد بارور از بستگان ایشان وارد مطالعه شدند و اطلاعات دموگرافیک شامل سن، تحصیلات، شغل، مدت زمان ازدواج و مدت زمان ناباروری از ایشان گردآوری شد و به پرسش&amp;shy;نامه &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;DASS&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;نیز پاسخ دادند و در انتها یافته&amp;shy;ها مورد تحلیل آماری قرار گرفتند.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-justify:inter-ideograph&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;direction:rtl&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;unicode-bidi:embed&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;نتایج: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;افسردگی، اضطراب و استرس شدید و بسیار شدید به ترتیب 65%، 60% و 4/43% در مردان نابارور و 7/16%، 3/23% و 7/11% در مردان بارور مشاهده شد که به طور قابل توجهی بیشتر از گروه بارور بوده و بین افسردگی (001/0 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;&amp;ge; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;p&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;)، اضطراب (001/0 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;= &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;p&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;)، استرس (001/0 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;&amp;ge; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;p&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;) و ناباروری رابطه معنی&amp;shy;داری وجود داشت. همچنین بین طول مدت ناباروری و افسردگی رابطه معناداری مشاهده شد (031/0 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;= &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;p&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-justify:inter-ideograph&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;direction:rtl&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;unicode-bidi:embed&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;نتیجه&amp;shy; گیری: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;مطالعه ما نشان داد که مردان نابارور نسبت به گروه کنترل استرس، اضطراب و افسردگی بیشتری داشتند. محدودیت&amp;shy;های ما شامل جمع&amp;shy;آوری &amp;nbsp;داده&amp;shy;ها بصورت تلفنی و ماهیت غربالگری پرسشنامه &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;DASS-21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt; بود. همچنین مطالعات آتی بهتر است شامل جمعیت&amp;shy;های بزرگ&amp;shy;تری باشد و وضعیت اقتصادی را به عنوان متغیر مرتبط با سلامت روان در نظر بگیرد.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</abstract_fa>
	<abstract>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Times New Roman;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height:normal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;Background: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;With the increasing prevalence of infertility and its links to depression, anxiety, and stress, it is essential to compare these mental health levels between infertile men and a control group. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height:normal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;Objective:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt; This study aimed to compare depression, anxiety, and stress among infertile and fertile men. Also, assessing demographic factors affecting these challenges among both groups.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height:normal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;Materials and Methods: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;This case-control study was conducted on 120 men at Milad Infertility Research Center, Mashhad, Iran from January 2023 to February 2023. Participants were divided into 2 groups: 60 infertile men and 60 healthy men who did not have fertility problems. Demographic information such as age, education, occupation, duration of the marriage, and duration of infertility was collected from their medical records, and they also completed the depression, anxiety, and stress scale 21 questionnaire through a telephonic interview. Finally, the findings were statistically analyzed.&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height:normal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;Results:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt; Severe and very severe depression, anxiety, and stress were observed in 65%, 60%, and 43.4% of infertile men and 16.7%, 23.3%, and 11.7% of fertile men, respectively. Which was significantly more than the fertile group, and there was a significant relationship between depression (p &amp;le; 0.001), anxiety (p = 0.001), stress (p &amp;le; 0.001), and infertility. Also, a significant relationship was observed between the duration of infertility and depression (p = 0.031). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height:normal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;Conclusion: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;Our study found infertile men had higher stress, anxiety, and depression than the control group. Limitations included phone-based data collection and the depression, anxiety, and stress scale 21 questionnaire&amp;#39;s screening nature. Future studies should involve larger populations and consider economic status as a variable related to mental health.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height:normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:9.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Times New Roman;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height:normal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;This article has been extracted from M.D. Thesis. (Maryam Ramezani)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height:normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;tab-stops:20.15pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-autospace:none&quot;&gt;&lt;span sans-serif=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:Calibri,&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#26282a&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</abstract>
	<keyword_fa>ناباروری مردان, استرس, اضطراب, افسردگی.</keyword_fa>
	<keyword>Male infertility, Stress, Anxiety, Depression.</keyword>
	<start_page>1025</start_page>
	<end_page>1034</end_page>
	<web_url>http://ijrm.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2803-3&amp;slc_lang=en&amp;sid=1</web_url>


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	<author>
	<first_name>Seyedeh Narjes</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Roubaraki</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email>n.rudbaraki@yahoo.com</email>
	<code></code>
	<orcid>0000-0002-3601-0417</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>Maryam</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Ramezani</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email>Maryamramezani767@gmail.com</email>
	<code></code>
	<orcid>0009-0002-5921-839X</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>Bita</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Saifi</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email>bita_saifi@yahoo.com</email>
	<code></code>
	<orcid>0000-0002-3077-9532</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>Mostafa</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Salimi</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email>salimi.mostafa@iaumshms.ac.ir</email>
	<code></code>
	<orcid>0009-0005-0032-2055</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>Massood</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Issapour</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email>Massoodissapour@yahoo.com</email>
	<code></code>
	<orcid>0000-0003-1481-6775</orcid>
	<coreauthor>Yes
</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


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	</article>
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