Impact of male infertility on men's self-esteem | ||||
| Human Andrology | ||||
| Article 3, Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2019, Page 40-47 PDF (839.66 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ha.2019.11789.1041 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Emad Eldien Kamal1; Nadia Abd El-Ghany2; Saleh Omar Abdulla2; AYA YOUSEF BADRAN   3
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| 1Departments of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt | ||||
| 2Faculty of Nusring, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt | ||||
| 3DERMATOLOGY DEPARTEMENT ..ASSUIT UNIVERSITY | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: : Self-esteem is based on an individual’s appraisal or estimation of his / her importance or value. Since infertility causes personal, familial, and social problems, it considered a devastating health problem. Infertile males experience considerable psychological stress, with low self esteem, isolation, loss of control, sexual inadequacy and depression. Objective: To assess impact of male infertility on self-esteem and determine relationship between clinical, demographic characteristics and self-esteem of infertile males. Patients and Methods: A non experimental (case-control) research design used to conduct this study. A purposive sample was used. The current study included 150 subjects, 100 was studied group & 50 was control group. Data collection tool consisted two parts:1-Demographic and clinical data sheet, 2- Modified form (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES). Results: The most of fertile and infertile age groups was from 28 to Conclusion: From the present study, we can conclude that infertile males were having low self-esteem than fertile males making them more liable to having personal as well as social problems. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Demographic data; infertile couples; Male infertility; RSES; Self-esteem | ||||
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