Prevalence and correlates of infertility related psychological stress in women with infertility: a cross-sectional hospital based survey

Table 2 Frequency relative percentage score and mean score for each of infertility related stress subdomains (N = 96)

Stress domains	Frequency of women with mean score above 1^a		Relative percentage score (%)^b	Mean score (SD)	95% CI
Stress domains	n	%	Relative percentage score (%)^b	Mean score (SD)	95% CI
Personal stress	89	92.7	44.3	2.74 (.80)	2.58–2.90
Marital stress	46	47.9	24.9	1.54 (.81)	1.38–1.71
Social stress	71	73.9	30.7	1.90 (.80)	1.74–2.07

a: subdomain items specific mean score of above one which is the cut-off score for stress; b: Relative scores were computed by dividing the mean score for each scale by the sum of all mean item scores (e.g., Relative percentage for personal stress = mean score (personal stress) / Sum of all mean scores)

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