Assessment of Quality of Life for Women Undergoing in Vitro | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 4, December 2016, Page 1-14 PDF (598.78 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2016.104672 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Amany Fikry Ali1; Nadia Mohammed Fahmy2; Amel Ahmed Hassan3; Eman Mohammed Abd-Elhakam3 | ||||
| 1Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing Department – Faculty of Nursing Fayoum University, | ||||
| 2Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing Department Faculty of Nursing , Ain-Shams University | ||||
| 3Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing Department – Faculty of Nursing Benha University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| AIM: To assess the quality of life for women undergoing in vitro fertilization. SETTING: The study was conducted at Hawaa private center at Benha city. DESIGN:A descriptive design was used. A purposive SAMPLE of 60 women undergoing in vitro fertilization in the stage of succeeded controlled ovarian hyper-stimulation. TOOLS of data collection consisted of an interviewing questionnaire sheet and Hopkins symptom checklist for measuring quality of life. RESULTS: More than two thirds of studied women were unsatisfied regarding physical fitness in the stage of succeeded controlled ovarian hyper-stimulation. Also in this stage, there was significant difference between age groups as regards the score percent of physical, social and psychological fitness. Also two thirds of the studied women were satisfied regarding social fitness during the stage of embryo transfer. CONCLUSION: In vitro fertilization had a bad effect regarding all domains in stage of succeeded controlled ovarian hyper-stimulation but studied women were more satisfied regarding physical, social and psychological fitness in stage of embryo transfer than stage of succeeded controlled ovarian hyper-stimulation. RECOMMENDATION: Developing training programs by faculty of nursing staff regarding in vitro fertilization for nurses who are working in fertility clinics to provide proper counseling services for the infertile couples. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| In vitro fertilization; quality of life | ||||
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