TABLE 2.

Descriptive statistics of psychometric variables and comparison with reference values through Wilcoxon test with p-values adjusted with Bonferroni’s correction.

Variable	N	Median	IQR	Reference value	p-value	Adjusted p-value
BDI-II	58	9	6.00–14.25	7.29	0.002	0.018*
STAI trait	58	38	31.00–44.00	42.06	0.001	0.007**
STAI state	58	43	35.00–55.00	39.62	0.012	0.124
				52.11a	<0.001	0.003**
FPI social concern	53	19	15.00–25.00	21.82a	0.150	1.000
FPI sexual concern	53	14	10.00–18.00	16.39a	0.017	0.167
FPI relationship concern	51	21	16.00–31.00	22.39a	0.415	1.000
FPI need for parenthood	58	40	30.25–47.00	40.97a	0.108	1.000
FPI rejection of a childfree lifestyle	58	26.50	20.25–32.00	32.64a	<0.001	<0.001**
FPI global stress	48	124.50	97.75–142.00	134.2a	0.010	0.099
FPI representations about the importance of parenthood	58	64	52,00–77,25	–	–	–

^aReference value for the population of infertile women.

*p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01.

BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory-II; STAI, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; FPI, Fertility Problem Inventory.