Coping Profiles and Differences in Psychological Distress and Quality of Life in Clients Undergoing Assisted Reproductive Techniques: A Latent Profile Analysis

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Table 1 Characteristics of the Sample

Variables		Total (n = 502)
		n	%
Age (years)	34.22 ± 5.31, ranging from 20 to 57	/	/
Ranges	20–29	70	13.9
	30–39	353	70.3
	40–49	72	14.4
	50–59	7	1.4
Sex	Male	257	51.2
	Female	245	48.8
Residence	Urban	318	63.3
	Rural and remote	184	36.7
First marriage	Yes	448	89.2
	No	54	10.8
Years of education (years)	14.81 ± 3.19, ranging from 6 to 24	/	/
Ranges	6–12	141	28.1
	> 13	361	71.9
Years of diagnosis (years)	2.97 ± 2.19, ranging from 1 to 11	/	/
Ranges	1–5	445	88.6
	5–10	48	9.6
	> 10	9	1.8

Table 2 Descriptive Statistics for Psychological Distress, Dyadic Coping, and FertiQoL

Variables	Mean	SD	Range
PD	11.79	4.17	0.00	24.00
Dyadic coping total	123.15	19.20	67.00	175.00
SCO	13.32	3.60	4.00	20.00
SDC	18.46	3.48	5.00	25.00
DDCO	7.34	1.70	2.00	10.00
NDCO	13.98	2.65	4.00	20.00
SCP	13.79	3.45	4.00	20.00
SDCP	18.18	4.28	5.00	25.00
DDCP	7.02	1.88	2.00	10.00
NDCP	13.71	2.67	4.00	20.00
CDC	17.36	4.17	5.00	25.00
EDC	7.43	1.81	2.00	10.00
FertiQoL	66.26	13.38	13.24	98.53
Core FertiQoL	68.10	15.57	10.42	100.00
Treatment FertiQoL	61.87	12.46	20.00	97.50

Abbreviations: PD, Psychological distress; SCO, Stress communicated by oneself, SDC, Supportive dyadic coping by oneself; DDCO, Delegated dyadic coping by oneself; NDCO, Negative dyadic coping by oneself; SCP, Stress communication of the partner; SDCP, Supportive dyadic coping of the partner; DDCP, Delegated dyadic coping of the partner; NDCP, Negative dyadic coping by partner; CDC, Common dyadic coping; EDC, Evaluation of dyadic coping.

Table 3 Statistical Model Fit for Coping Profiles

Solution	AIC	sBIC	BLRT	Entropy
1	24,677.788	24,698.678	–	–
2	23,240.171	23,272.551	0.0000	0.871
3	22,189.261	22,267.600	0.0000	0.927
4	22,478.452	22,533.812	0.0000	0.905

Abbreviations: AIC, Akaike information criterion; sBIC, sample size–adjusted Bayesian information criterion; BLRT, Bootstrapped likelihood ratio test.

Table 4 Conditional Response Means and Standard Deviations for Three-Profile LPA Solution

Coping Profile	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
SCO	11.17, 0.29	13.46, 0.28	16.74, 0.54
SDC	15.28, 0.31	18.95, 0.34	22.84, 0.34
DDCO	6.11, 0.14	7.47, 0.16	9.17, 0.18
NDCO	13.28, 0.17	13.98, 0.23	15.19, 0.39
SCP	11.27, 0.25	14.07, 0.28	17.50, 0.52
SDCP	14.16, 0.50	18.91, 0.37	23.44, 0.36
DDCP	5.50, 0.19	7.22, 0.15	9.18, 0.21
NDCP	12.91, 0.19	13.90, 0.22	14.62, 0.40
CDC	13.46, 0.46	18.06, 0.38	22.45, 0.30
EDC	5.73, 0.19	7.77, 0.18	9.57, 0.11

Abbreviations: SCO, Stress communicated by oneself; SDC, Supportive dyadic coping by oneself; DDCO, Delegated dyadic coping by oneself; NDCO, Negative dyadic coping by oneself; SCP, Stress communication of the partner; SDCP, Supportive dyadic coping of the partner; DDCP, Delegated dyadic coping of the partner; NDCP, Negative dyadic coping by partner; CDC, Common dyadic coping; EDC, Evaluation of dyadic coping.