Table 5.
Clinical characteristics of respondents by perceived severity of disease (n = 263)
| Characteristics | Overall n = 263 (%) |
High perceived severity n = 158 (%) | Low perceived severity n = 105 (%) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-perceived stress (Mean ± SD)* | 3.77 ± 0.83 | 4.16 ± 0.69 | 3.18 ± 0.68 | |
| Severe (4,5) | 158 (60.1) | 132 (83.5) | 26 (24.8) | < 0.001a |
| Not severe (1,2,3) | 105 (39.9) | 26 (16.5) | 79 (75.2) | |
| Infertility treatment duration | ||||
| < 2 years | 172 (65.4) | 87 (55.1) | 85 (81.0) | < 0.001a |
| 2–4 years | 57 (21.7) | 44 (27.8) | 13 (12.4) | |
| > 4 years | 34 (12.9) | 27 (17.1) | 7 (6.7) | |
|
Practice of health-promoting behavior (Mean ± SD)# |
3.02 ± 0.68 | 3.04 ± 0.70 | 2.98 ± 0.65 | |
| Yes (4,5) | 52 (19.8) | 34 (21.5) | 18 (17.1) | 0.431a |
| No (1,2,3) | 211 (80.2) | 124 (78.5) | 87 (82.9) | |
| Time since diagnosis | ||||
| < 2 years | 137 (52.1) | 68 (43.0) | 69 (65.7) | 0.001a |
| 2–4 years | 69 (26.2) | 50 (31.6) | 19 (18.1) | |
| > 4 years | 57 (21.7) | 40 (25.3) | 17 (16.2) | |
*Participants were asked to rate their self-perceived stress level (1 = Not at all, 5 = Very much)
# Participants were asked to rate their practice of health-promoting behavior (practicing a healthy diet, regular exercise, and adequate sleep) (1 = Never, 5 = Always)
a Denotes Pearson’s Chi-square tests