Network analysis of stress and stigma symptoms and their associations with quality of life among Chinese female infertility patients
"Relationship concern," "public stigma," "social concern," and "self-devaluation" have been identified as the main central and bridge symptoms in the stress and stigma network in this study. Notably, stigma symptoms, particularly "social withdrawal" and "self-devaluation", showed stronger associations with FertiQoL compared to stress symptoms, highlighting their importance in potential treatment strategies.
Authors
- Xueqin Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9830-7155)
- Yingbo Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7789-9809)
- Zhihan Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0237-7501)
- Jun Qi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1461-3356)
- Wei Qiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0922-0726)
- Xiuxia Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8124-3052)
- Wenju Han
- Dongqing Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6442-5049)
- Ran Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6105-6150)
- Fang Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4528-6087)
Institutions
- Dalian Maternal and Child Health Hospital (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University (CN)
- China Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Women s Health
- Published
- 2024-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-024-03469-2
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.03
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
- Zhengzhou University
- First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
- Henan Provincial Science and Technology Research Project