A CASE CONTROL RESEARCH TO ASSESS THE ASSOCIATION OF FEMALES' INFERTILITY DISORDERS WITH THE PREVALENT PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

Objective: To identify stress, anxiety and depression prevalence in the females with complications associated to infertility.

Methods: Our case control research was completed at Allied Hospital, Faisalabad (August, 2016 to May, 2017). After Ethical Committee approval 100 females having infertility disorders and complications and were seeking medical care were included in the research. As controls, random recruitment of one hundred fertile females who were with the infertile cases was carried out. An exclusion criterion was; the women diagnosed with psychological problems and were having male factor infertility. Females were asked for informed and written willingness. With regard to data collection about infertility psychological impact, scale of Depression and Anxiety was used. Comparison of the results obtained from both was done. For the sake of results analysis, utilisation of an independent sample t-test was ensured.

Results: Results have indicated that the presence of stress, anxiety and depression was observed in the infertility affected women in control group i.e. p less than 0.05. These scores were not affected by educational level. In the same way, findings remained the same while infertile women’s occupations were utilised for the sake of stratified analysis.

Conclusion:Stress, anxiety and depression are rampant psychological issues in women who are affected with infertility. Medical professionals associated with such cases should offer guidance and counselling in the course of treatment for such infertile women.

Key Words: Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Infertility.