Table 1.
Mean scores of the FAS regarding characteristics of participants (n = 104).
| Variable | FAS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Response Mean (SD) | p | Total Mean (SD) |
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| Social—Demographic | ||||
| Gender | 0.080 a | |||
| Female | 3.94 (0.71) | 39.49 (7.10) | ||
| Male | 3.90 (0.00) | 39.00 (0.00) | ||
| Age | 0.902 b | |||
| ≤34 | 4.05 (0.71) | 40.53 (7.13) | ||
| 35–40 | 4.01 (0.62) | 40.17 (6.26) | ||
| 41–51 | 3.30 (0.66) | 33.09 (6.65) | ||
| ≥52 | 3.00 (0.00) | 30.00 (0.00) | ||
| Marital Status | 0.768 b | |||
| Married | 4.00 (0.71) | 40.06 (7.11) | ||
| Together | 3.89 (0.56) | 38.97 (7.21) | ||
| Divorced/Separated | 3.73 (0.45) | 36.33 (5.68) | ||
| Single | 3.73 (0.45) | 37.33 (4.50) | ||
| Current relationship (years) | 0.890 b | |||
| ≤3 | 3.98 (0.62) | 39.88 (6.26) | ||
| 4–6 | 4.04 (0.65) | 40.44 (6.50) | ||
| 7–9 | 4.05 (0.75) | 40.53 (7.57) | ||
| ≥10 | 3.75 (0.73) | 37.58 (7.37) | ||
| Education level | 0.956 b | |||
| Middle school | 3.90 (0.00) | 39.00 (0.00) | ||
| High school | 3.98 (0.67) | 39.80 (6.74) | ||
| Professional course | 4.15 (0.79) | 41.55 (7.90) | ||
| Bachelor/Graduation | 3.92 (0.72) | 39.25 (7.23) | ||
| Master’s | 3.95 (0.65) | 39.52 (6.50) | ||
| Ph.D. | 3.40 (0.96) | 34.00 (9.64) | ||
| Employment status | 0.353 b | |||
| Employed | 3.96 (0.70) | 39.61 (7.03) | ||
| Unemployed | 3.96 (0.60) | 39.63 (6.02) | ||
| Student | 3.25 (1.34) | 32.50 (13.43) | ||
| Occupation | 0.574 b | |||
| Representatives of the legislative branch of executive bodies, officers, directors, and executive managers | 3.74 (0.83) | 37.40 (8.38) | ||
| Experts from intellectual and scientific activities | 4.09 (0.67) | 40.94 (6.79) | ||
| Intermediate-level technicians and professions | 4.07 (0.33) | 40.75 (3.30) | ||
| Administrative staff | 3.86 (0.61) | 38.64 (6.18) | ||
| Personal service, security, and safety workers and salespeople | 3.92 (0.80) | 39.22 (8.02) | ||
| Skilled workers in industry, construction, and craftsmen | 2.90 (0.00) | 29.00 (0.00) | ||
| Plant and machine operators | 4.90 (0.00) | 49.00 (0.00) | ||
| Spirituality—Religion | ||||
| Spiritual person | 0.490 a | |||
| No | 4.01 (0.64) | 40.16 (6.40) | ||
| Yes | 3.92 (0.72) | 39.26 (7.24) | ||
| Spiritual importance | 0.745 b | |||
| Not important | 4.03 (0.59) | 40.36 (5.98) | ||
| Little importance | 3.83 (0.72) | 38.39 (7.22) | ||
| Important | 3.94 (0.70) | 39.47 (7.05) | ||
| Very important | 4.17 (0.84) | 41.71 (8.45) | ||
| Spiritual change with diagnosis | 0.501 b | |||
| No change | 4.03 (0.70) | 40.34 (7.07) | ||
| Less important | 3.72 (0.82) | 37.29 (8.29) | ||
| More important | 3.92 (0.62) | 39.25 (6.21) | ||
| Spiritual change with treatment | 0.360 b | |||
| No change | 3.94 (0.75) | 39.49 (7.57) | ||
| Less important | 3.80 (0.80) | 38.00 (8.00) | ||
| More important | 4.00 (0.57) | 40.08 (5.77) | ||
| Religious person | 0.181 a | |||
| No | 3.78 (0.59) | 37.82 (5.92) | ||
| Yes | 4.02 (0.74) | 40.28 (7.41) | ||
| Religion importance | 0.745 b | |||
| Not important | 4.03 (0.59) | 40.36 (5.98) | ||
| Little importance | 3.83 (0.72) | 38.39 (7.22) | ||
| Important | 3.94 (0.70) | 39.47 (7.05) | ||
| Very important | 4.17 (0.84) | 41.71 (8.45) | ||
| Religion changes with diagnosis | 0.372 b | |||
| No change | 4.04 (0.71) | 40.42 (7.12) | ||
| Less important | 3.82 (0.75) | 38.28 (7.56) | ||
| More important | 3.90 (0.62) | 39.00 (6.27) | ||
| Religion changes with treatment | 0.066 b | |||
| No change | 3.98 (0.79) | 39.85 (7.91) | ||
| Less important | 3.90 (0.75) | 39.08 (7.59) | ||
| More important | 3.92 (0.52) | 39.21 (5.20) | ||
| Clinical—Infertility | ||||
| Type | 0.979 a | |||
| Primary | 3.99 (0.68) | 39.95 (6.84) | ||
| Secondary | 3.64 (0.77) | 36.42 (7.71) | ||
| Nature | 0.179 b | |||
| Never been pregnant | 4.02 (7.59) | 40.22 (7.59) | ||
| Natural pregnancy without live birth | 3.76 (0.57) | 37.66 (5.78)) | ||
| Natural pregnancy, had child, not able to have another child | 3.83 (0.70) | 38.33 (7.01) | ||
| Pregnancy with treatment, did not have a child | 4.17 (0.36) | 41.78 (3.62) | ||
| Pregnancy with treatment, had child, not able to have another child | 3.30 (0.84) | 33.00 (8.48) | ||
| Cause | 0.038 b | |||
| Female | 3.75 (0.83) | 37.52 (8.30) | ||
| Male | 4.11 (0.42) | 41.13 (4.20) | ||
| Mixed | 4.13 (0.71) | 41.38 (7.11) | ||
| Unknown | 3.98 (0.58) | 39.83 (5.82) | ||
| Waiting diagnosis | 4.17 (0.38) | 41.77 (3.86) | ||
| Diagnosis (years) | 0.052 b | |||
| ≤3 | 3.94 (0.62) | 39.40 (6.22) | ||
| 4–6 | 3.98 (0.78) | 39.80 (8.93) | ||
| 7–9 | 3.97 (0.89) | 39.70 (8.93) | ||
| ≥10 | 3.97 (1.01) | 39.71 (10.14) | ||
| Consultation (years) | 0.031 b | |||
| ≤3 | 3.95 (0.62) | 39.55 (6.24) | ||
| 4–6 | 3.85 (0.87) | 38.57 (8.73) | ||
| 7–9 | 4.21 (0.76) | 42.10 (7.68) | ||
| ≥10 | 3.66 (1.20) | 36.60 (12.03) | ||
| Treatments | ||||
| Previous treatments | 0.948 a | |||
| No | 4.01 (0.71) | 40.12 (7.11) | ||
| Yes | 3.89 (0.69) | 38.94 (6.98) | ||
| Time in current treatment (months) | ||||
| ≤3 | 3.66 (0.23) | 36.66 (2.30) | ||
| 4–6 | 3.87 (0.51) | 38.75 (5.12) | ||
| 7–12 | 3.79 (0.71) | 37.93 (7.19) | ||
| 13–24 | 4.19 (0.73) | 41.92 (7.33) | ||
| 24–36 | 3.76 (0.55) | 37.60 (5.50) | ||
| ≥37 | 3.84 (0.78) | 38.43 (7.89) | ||
| Current treatment | 0.228 b | |||
| Previous tests | 3.93 (0.82) | 39.30 (8.26) | ||
| Waiting to start | 4.04 (0.61) | 40.48 (6.13) | ||
| In cycle | 3.97 (0.61) | 39.78 (6.18) | ||
| OI | 3.90 (0.00) | 0.839 b | 39.00 (0.00) | |
| IUI | 4.10 (0.42) | 41.00 (4.24) | ||
| IVF | 3.81 (0.70) | 38.10 (7.06) | ||
| ICSI | 4.22 (0.65) | 42.25 (6.50) | ||
| Other | 4.25 (0.49) | 42.50 (4.94) | ||
| Tests after cycle | 3.62 (0.84) | 39.48 (7.03) | ||
Legend: a Independent Sample Student’s t-test (Levene’s Test); b One Way ANOVA test; SD, standard deviation; OI, ovulation induction; IUI, intrauterine insemination; IVF, in vitro fertilization; ICSI, intracytoplasmic sperm injection.