Ju Hee Kim; Hye Sook Shin

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A Structural Model for Quality of Life of Infertile Women: Ju Hee Kim, Hye Sook Shin; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2013;43(3):312-320.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2013.43.3.312
Published online: June 28, 2013

¹Department of Nursing, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea.

²College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Shin, Hye Sook. College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyunghee-daero, Dongdaemon-gu, Seoul 130-701, Korea. Tel: +82-2-961-9143, Fax: +82-2-961-9398, suksh@khu.ac.kr

• Received: October 6, 2012 • Accepted: February 15, 2013

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Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to test a model for quality of life among infertile women. This model was based primarily on the concept of the Fertility Quality of Life by Boivin et al. (2011) and the Infertility Resilience Model by Rindenour (2009).
Methods
Fifteen measurable variables were used to estimate quality of life. They included endogenous variables such as fertility quality of life and resilience, and exogenous variables such as infertility related stress, depression, marital adjustment, and family support. Data sets (n=203) used for analysis were collected in a general hospital which had, on average, 400 assisted reproductive technologies per month.
Results
The assessment of the modified model indicated acceptable fit, with χ²/d.f=2.07, GFI=.90, AGFI=.89, NFI=.89, CFI=.91, RMSEA=.07. Depression, infertility related stress, marital adjustment, resilience, and family support had direct influences on quality of life.
Conclusion
The results of this study should contribute to the development of nursing intervention programs to enhance quality of life using factors that affect fertiQol (fertility quality of life) of infertile women.
Keywords: Quality of life; Infertile women; Structural model

This manuscript is a condensed form of the first author's doctoral thesis from Kyung Hee University.

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Figure 1

Theoretical framework.

Figure 2

Path diagram for the modified model.

Table 1

General and Infertility related Characteristics of Respondents (N=203)

AI=artificial insemination; IVF=In vitro fertilization.

Table 2

General and Infertility related Characteristics of Respondents (N=203)

Table 3

Estimates and Effects for the Modified Model

SMC=squared multiple correlations.

^*p<.05, |t|=1.96; ^**p<.01, |t|=2.58.

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A Structural Model for Quality of Life of Infertile Women

J Korean Acad Nurs. 2013;43(3):312-320. Published online June 28, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2013.43.3.312

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A Structural Model for Quality of Life of Infertile Women

Figure 1 Theoretical framework.

Figure 2 Path diagram for the modified model.

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A Structural Model for Quality of Life of Infertile Women

Table 1

General and Infertility related Characteristics of Respondents (N=203)

AI=artificial insemination; IVF=In vitro fertilization.

Table 2

General and Infertility related Characteristics of Respondents (N=203)

Table 3

Estimates and Effects for the Modified Model

SMC=squared multiple correlations.

^*p<.05, |t|=1.96; ^**p<.01, |t|=2.58.

Table 1 General and Infertility related Characteristics of Respondents (N=203)

AI=artificial insemination; IVF=In vitro fertilization.

Table 2 General and Infertility related Characteristics of Respondents (N=203)

Table 3 Estimates and Effects for the Modified Model

SMC=squared multiple correlations.

^*p<.05, |t|=1.96; ^**p<.01, |t|=2.58.