We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
STUDY ON PREVALENCE AND DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PRIMARY INFERTILITY IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN NORTH INDIA.
- Authors
CHANDRA, NAMITA; SINGH, NIDHI
- Abstract
Background: Fertility is a worldwide human concern and anguish over infertility is its obvious upshot. The problem of infertility confronts millions of people worldwide. In most cultures, 'being childless' is an undesired social role and infertility is an 'unexpected life transition'. However, the infertility estimates use different definitions considering different periods, which makes direct comparisons difficult between various studies. The definition, as well as the etiological causes associated with infertility, differs from region to region. It depends on social and physical characteristics that vary by culture and situation, leading to the absence of the universal definition of infertility worldwide. Clinicians define infertility as a disease of the reproductive system due to which women fail to achieve pregnancy after regular unprotected sex for twelve or more months (WHO, ICMART). In contrast, demographers define it as the inability of women in their reproductive age (15-49) years to become pregnant after exposure to pregnancy for five or more years. Objectives of the study: to determine the prevalence of primary infertility in women aged 18-49 years and to study the demographic risk factors associated with primary infertility. Materials and Methods: The data were collected by face-to-face interview with the help of predesigned and pretested questionnaire. Informed consent was taken from the study participants after explaining them the objectives of the study and ensuring the confidentiality of the data. The questionnaire was designed to obtain information regarding age, religion, socioeconomic status, education of women, duration of marriage, age at marriage, occupation status, type of family, menstruation pattern, age of menarche, first child born after marriage, and family history of infertility. History of menstruation pattern was seen for the time span of 10 years since marriage. The socioeconomic class of the sample group was determined by modified BG Prasad's classification. Direct-attached storage scale was used to determine depression, anxiety, and stress. The interview took approximately 15-20 min per participant. Discussion and Conclusion: In the present study, out of the 600 eligible women included in the study, 48 of them had primary infertility in the age group of 18-49 years. The prevalence of primary infertility in study was found to be (8%). We evaluated the demographic factors associated with infertility, we found that demographic factors are significantly associated with primary infertility were higher educational level, staying in nuclear family and higher socioeconomic status. The prevalence of primary infertility our population was found to be 8%. Knowledge about the prevalence of infertility and its associated risk factors is extremely important for health-care providers and policymakers to design and implement various policies related to prevention and treatment of infertility. We found statistically significant association between demographic factors and primary infertility.
- Subjects
INDIA; FERTILITY clinics; INFERTILITY; GENITALIA; TERTIARY care; UNSAFE sex; MARRIAGE age
- Publication
Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research (Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research), 2023, Vol 14, Issue 11, p140
- ISSN
0975-3583
- Publication type
Article