Assessment of Quality of Life of an Infertile Woman

Abstract

Background: In this study, we wanted to assess the quality of life (QoL) in terms of emotional, mind-body, relational and social subscales in women with infertility using the FertiQoL instrument, to determine the association between socio-demographic determinants and QoL scores based on FertiQoL  instrument in women with infertility. Methods: This hospital-based, single-center cross-sectional study included 209 female patients who visited the department of gynaecology at Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital over the course of two years, from September 2019 to September 2021, with fertility issues. Results: This study was conducted among 209 women patients who presented with fertility problems to the Department of Gynaecology at Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital. The association between socioeconomic status and total Core FertiQoL scores, religion, and total Core FertiQoL scores, residence, and total Core FertiQoL scores, and type of family and total Core FertiQoL scores, was found to be statistically significant.In correlation analysis,the age group was negatively correlated (r = -0.164) with total mean scores of Core FertiQoL and was found to be statistically significant and whereas in infertility duration it was negatively correlated (r = -0. 256) with total mean scores of Core FertiQoLthat wasfound to bestatistically significant. Conclusion: Women with fertility issues were found to have lower QoL determined by using FertiQoL. Infertile women screened at the infertility clinic should be evaluated for psychological well-being and they might be counselled based on their health status. Coping strategies may be helpful to maintain better QoL.