Background: To analyze relationship between religiosity and psychological distress in woman undergoing in vitro fertilization.
Subjects and methods: The study was based on 103 woman engaged in a fertility treatment with in vitro fertilization. The questionnaires (Religiosity Questionnaire, Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation - Outcome Measure, and socio-demographic questionnaire) were administered by investigators.
Results: The results suggest that the level of religiosity significantly differs participants in terms of problems (F=1.92, p=0.01), functioning (F=1.79, p=0.03), risk behaviors (F=3.02, p=0.00), anxiety (F=1.72, p=0.03) and physical problems (F=1.82, p=0.02). There were no significant differences in subjective wellbeing, depression and traumatization according to religiosity.
Conclusion: Results of a present study point out that religiosity could be considered as a protective factor for psychological distress.