Quality of Life as Perceived by Infertile Women at Tanta City | ||||
| Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Volume 31, Issue 4, November 2023, Page 107-128 PDF (463.23 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/tsnj.2024.336591 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Wafaa Al-Sayed Mahfouze1; , Azza Fouad Mohammed El-Adham2; Rabaa El- Sayed Shaban3; , Ekbal Ebrahim Abd-elmenem4 | ||||
| 1Nursing Specialist, Elmenshawy General Hospital Researcher of Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing ,Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Professor, Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt. | ||||
| 3Assist Professor, Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt. | ||||
| 4Lecturer, Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Procreation and the wish to start a family is a basic need for human beings and one of the important pillars of their quality of life. Infertility and its related problems can affect the quality of life of infertile women. Aim: To assess the quality of life as perceived by infertile women at Tanta city. Subjects and method: Design: A descriptive research design was used. Setting: Obstetrics and gynecological department and outpatient clinics at Tanta University Hospital. Subjects: A purposive sample of 100 infertile women. Tools: Two tools: Tool (I): Structured interview schedule. Tool (II): Fertility specific quality of life questionnaire. Results: Nearly one tenth (8%) of the studied infertile women had poor emotional quality of life, (30.0%) had poor mind-body, and poor marital relation quality of life, (6%) had poor social quality of life, (44.0%) infertility management affects their mood negatively very often, and nearly one third of them were dissatisfied with the infertility management and the interaction with the fertility medical staff. Finally, there was a significant correlation between emotional subscale and both body mass index 0.005*, and age in years 0.001*. Conclusion: Infertility had fair effect (fair tool score means 50%to <75%) on infertile women at Tanta city. Recommendations: The maternity nurse should provide emotional support and conduct health education to infertile women about healthy lifestyle and health promotion regarding different methods of infertility treatment to promote their quality of life. | ||||
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