P –510 Psychological distress and quality of life in infertile women attending Infertility clinic at tertiary care center: a pilot study

AbstractStudy questionWhat are the levels of psychological distress (anxiety and depression) and quality of life faced by infertile couple presenting with or undergoing treatment for infertility?Summary answerThe levels of psychological distress and quality of life seems to be affected more in women than their husbands and may require psychological intervention.What is known alreadyInfertility is a biopsychosocial crisis which can cause psychological distress in the form of depression and anxiety, and can impair quality of life .It often has a stressful impact on relationships and can affect a couple ’s sex life. Most of the time these aspects are not explored and only medical and surgical treatment is offered depending on the cause. Assessing the psychological distress and quality of life contributes to decrease the stress and helps to improve the outcome of management by improving the relati onship of the individual to achieve pregnancy. These women need psychological support, in the form of counselling.Study design, size, durationCross-sectional study .100 infertile couples attending fertility clinics. Previous data indicate that the mean infertility specific QoL in infertile couples is 54.39 for females (nd 60.63 for males .Thus, a minimum sample size of 77 samples per group is needed to be able to reject the null hypothesis with probability 80% power. With a 30% dropout rate, the sample size is 100 samples per group. The study was conducted from Jan 2018 to June 2019.P...
Source: Human Reproduction - Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research