Quality of Life Assessment among Infertile Couples | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 55, Volume 10, Issue 1, March 2019, Page 744-757 PDF (252.61 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2019.245405 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Mariam Nabil Fathey; Shadia Hamedo; Randa Mohmed; Amira Morsy | ||||
| Maternity & Gynecological Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing-Ain Shams University- Cairo-Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Quality of life is an important indicator for the assessment of individual's health, decision-making, and passing judgment on the overall community health. Infertility in most societies across the world is considered as a stain and shame, which leads to the infertile couples suffering. Aim: It was to assess the quality of life among infertile couples through utilizing the quality of life's domains. Design: A descriptive exploratory design was utilized. Subjects: A convenient sample was obtained; all infertile couples who attended and accepted to participate in study at the previously mentioned setting. Setting: The study was conducted at the outpatient infertility clinics, at the Maternity Hospital-Ain Shams University. Data Collection: 1. Arabic Structured Interviewing Questionnaire, developed by the researcher. 2. A Ferti QOL, is the 2nd tool and the 1st internationally validated self-report questionnaire, it is adopted from Jat Ky Boivin, et .al (2002), and adapted by the researcher. Results: Findings showed highly statistically significant relations between levels of education of the infertile couples and all the QOL sub-domains. Also, there were statistical significant relations between levels of OOL of the infertile couples and their type of infertility. Meanwhile, a confirmed positive statistically significant correlation was between infertility and QOL of the study sample. Conclusions: Although infertility affects all the QOL domains of infertile couples, but it has a major impact on their psychological and emotional aspects. Recommendations: Develop different health awareness programs for infertile couple in different health settings in order to enhance their knowledge and QOL. Also, health awareness is needed for health professionals to include the psychological symptoms assessment of the infertile patients to their plan for more efficient interventions. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Infertility; Quality of life; awareness; and domains | ||||
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