Table 1.

IES-R questions.

Questions:

1Everything that reminded me of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic made me experience strong emotions related to my state of infertility 2I had trouble staying asleep 3Other things have kept me thinking about my infertility 4I felt irritable and angry 5I avoided being upset when I thought about it or was reminded of it 6I had no intention of thinking about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on my infertility 7I had the feeling that the change of plans for my treatment due to the pandemic from COVID-19 had not happened or was not real 8I have been away from things that could remind me of my infertility 9Pictures of my state of infertility suddenly entered my mind 10I was nervous or scared easily 11I tried not to think about it 12I was aware that I still have a lot of emotions about it, but I was unable to manage them 13My emotions about it were kind of dazed 14I found myself behaving or feeling emotions as if I had returned to the time of the diagnosis of infertility, before I had clear the path of treatment suitable for me 15I had trouble falling asleep 16I have experienced waves of strong emotions related to the change / arrest of the pandemic treatment program imposed by COVID-19 17I have tried to remove my infertility from my memory 18I had trouble concentrating 19Things that reminded me of it led to physical reactions such as sweating, difficulty breathing, nausea or speeding of the heart 20I had dreams about it 21I found myself being wary and vigilant about the environment or people 22I tried not to talk about it