OBJECTIVE: To comprehend the psychological effects in the course of diagnosis and treatment of infertility on the sexuality, emotional feeling and marriage of women with tubal infertility.METHODS: The study involved 180 hospitalized patients who were awaiting tube operation from May to September in the year 2000. A survey was made by using questionnaire about sexuality, emotional feeling and marriage after infertility examinations.RESULTS: The sexual intercourse frequency of 46.2% infertile women decreased and no influences on sexual living satisfaction were confirmed during basal body temperature (BBT) examination. 92.3% to 93.2% of the infertile women were sad after hysterosalpingography(HSG) and laparoscopy. 78.9% of them felt remorse when the result of semen examination was normal. 56.6% of them would choose in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer(IVF-ET); 38.9% of the infertile couples' wedlock would not be stable and 10.5% of them would be divorced in the case of continuing infertility 2 years after tube operation.CONCLUSION: Sexual intercourse in almost half of the infertile couples decreased during BBT examination. Most infertile women became sad when they were informed of the abnormal results of HSG and laparoscopy and the normal results of semen analysis.
Adult Fallopian Tube Diseases