INFERTILIDADE TEMPORÁRIA RELACIONADA AO ESTRESSE EM MULHERES E SUAS REPERCUSSÕES PSICOSSOCIAIS

Abstract

This study aimed to understand the psychosocial effects of temporary infertility by stress in women. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study with qualitative and exploratory approach. The approach used in this study included conducting interviews with ten women who had proven diagnosis of temporary infertility by stress, the analysis of the interviews was based on the perspective of Grounded Theory. After transcription and subsequent analysis of the interviews, explanatory categories that emerged from the speeches of the interviewees were: No biological problems, undiagnosed; Impacts on social relationships; Impacts on the marital relationship; and the dream realized and future action. The results showed that the numbers of years of infertility treatment more positively also negatively influenced the lives of these women generating psychosocial stress. This study allowed the understanding of the psychosocial effects of temporary infertility by stress in women, which may contribute to work teams in developing strategies to support these, however there is the consistent data literature related to the subject, even in modern times whose infertility problem already set as a public health problem with increasing incidence in the world population.