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Psychological long-term effects of sterilization on anxiety and depression |
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| Authors: | Luo Lin Wu Shi-Zhong Zhu Changmin Fan Qifu Liu Keqiang Sun Goliang |
| Institution: | a Sichuan Family Planning Research Institute, Chengdu 610041, China—A World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Research in Human Reprosuction b The Department of Mental Health and Psychiatry of First Affiliated Hospital of West China Medical University, Chengdu, China c The Hospital of Staffs and Workers of Changjing Wood Allocate and Transport Bureau, Yibin, China d The First People's Hospital of Yibin City, Yibin, China e Chengdu Reproductive Health College, Chengdu, China |
| Abstract: | Two-thousand cases (500 women and 500 men with sterllization: 500 women and 500 men without sterilization) in two counties and two cities in Sichuan, China, were investigated between 15 September 1992 and 30 April 1993. Information was obtained about their age, parity, marriage, contraceptives, social behavior, and present psychological characteristics. CES-D, SAS, and E.P.Q. scales were used to assess the depressive symptomatology, anxiety, and personality of the subjects. The results revealed that sterilization psychologically affected the depressive symptoms and anxiety under the neutral personality. In addition, depressive symptoms and anxiety were related to the subjects' age, educational level, income, operative doctors' attitudes to sterilization acceptors, and subjects' understanding of the sterilization. |
| Keywords: | sterilization SAS anxiety CES-D depression E P Q |
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