O impacto emocional e o apoio social na pandemia COVID-19 : estudo exploratório com mulheres em tratamento de infertilidade
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2022
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Cada vez mais casais são diagnosticados com infertilidade, podendo esta causar
mudanças a vários níveis na vida de um indivíduo, tal como no nível pessoal,
conjugal, sexual, social, familiar e mesmo ocupacional. Para além deste impacto, o
surgimento do contexto pandémico pela COVID-19 implicou o encerramento das
clínicas que realizam tratamentos de Procriação Medicamente Assistida (PMA), pelo
que estes casais se viram obrigados a adiar a possível concretização do seu projeto
parental.
O principal objetivo deste presente estudo foi compreender como as mulheres
inférteis lidaram ao nível emocional com a experiência da pandemia do COVID-19.
Este estudo do tipo quantitativo, teve uma amostra constituída por 100 mulheres
inférteis, em tratamento de PMA, durante 2020 a 2022. As participantes
responderam a um questionário online partilhado em blogs e redes sociais
relacionadas com a infertilidade. As participantes foram avaliadas através de um
conjunto de questionários de auto-resposta sobre a experiência da infertilidade, a
avaliação da pandemia e das suas consequências para os tratamentos de PMA, a
avaliação do apoio social, e as estratégias de coping utilizadas para lidar com a
infertilidade nesta fase.
Identificou-se que a maioria das mulheres revela ter um grande desejo de
engravidar e que isso afeta a sua vida no geral. A maioria das mulheres avaliou
como negativamente o encerramento das clínicas e adiamento dos tratamentos, e
manifestaram emoções predominantemente negativas, apesar de igualmente elevada
esperança.
Este estudo contribuiu para uma melhor compreensão do impacto da COVID-19
e das suas consequências na adaptação emocional das mulheres.
Palavras-chave: Infertilidade; Pandemia COVID-19; Apoio social; Stress;
Adaptação Emocional
More and more couples are diagnosed with infertility, which can cause changes at various levels in an individual's life, such as at the personal, marital, sexual, social, family and even occupational levels. In addition to this impact, the emergence of the pandemic context by COVID-19 implied the closure of clinics that carry out medically assisted procreation treatments (PMA), so these couples were forced to postpone the possible implementation of their parental project. The main objective of this study was to understand how infertile women dealt emotionally with the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was a quantitative, with had a sample of 100 infertile women, undergoing ART treatment between 2020 to 2022. Participants answered an online questionnaire shared on blogs and social networks related to infertility. The participants were evaluated through a set of self-response questionnaires on the experience of infertility, the assessment of the pandemic and its consequences for treatments, the evaluation of social support, and the coping strategies used to deal with infertility at this stage. It was identified that most women reveal a great desire to become pregnant and that it affects their life in general. Most women rated the closure of clinics and postponement of treatments negatively, and expressed predominantly negative emotions, despite equal high hope. This study contributed to a better understanding of the impact of COVID-19 and it’s consequences on the emotional adaptation of women and couples. Keywords: Infertility; COVID-19 Pandemic; Social Support; Stress; Emotional Adaptation
More and more couples are diagnosed with infertility, which can cause changes at various levels in an individual's life, such as at the personal, marital, sexual, social, family and even occupational levels. In addition to this impact, the emergence of the pandemic context by COVID-19 implied the closure of clinics that carry out medically assisted procreation treatments (PMA), so these couples were forced to postpone the possible implementation of their parental project. The main objective of this study was to understand how infertile women dealt emotionally with the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was a quantitative, with had a sample of 100 infertile women, undergoing ART treatment between 2020 to 2022. Participants answered an online questionnaire shared on blogs and social networks related to infertility. The participants were evaluated through a set of self-response questionnaires on the experience of infertility, the assessment of the pandemic and its consequences for treatments, the evaluation of social support, and the coping strategies used to deal with infertility at this stage. It was identified that most women reveal a great desire to become pregnant and that it affects their life in general. Most women rated the closure of clinics and postponement of treatments negatively, and expressed predominantly negative emotions, despite equal high hope. This study contributed to a better understanding of the impact of COVID-19 and it’s consequences on the emotional adaptation of women and couples. Keywords: Infertility; COVID-19 Pandemic; Social Support; Stress; Emotional Adaptation
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Orientação: Mariana Moura Ramos
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MESTRADO EM PSICOLOGIA CLÍNICA E DA SAÚDE, PSICOLOGIA, PSYCHOLOGY, PSICOLOGIA CLÍNICA, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, PANDEMIAS, PANDEMICS, COVID-19, INFERTILIDADE, INFERTILITY, APOIO SOCIAL, SOCIAL SUPPORT, STRESS, AJUSTAMENTO EMOCIONAL, EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT