%0 Journal Article
%T Clinical, Psychological and Socio-Economic Profile of Women Consulting for Couple Infertility in the Yaounde Gynaeco-Obstetric and Paediatric Hospital
%A Junie Ngaha
%A Isidore Tompeen
%A Bilkissou Moustapha
%A Claudia Toukem
%A Anabelle Ako
%A Brigitte Wandji
%A Laure Menguene
%A Pascal Foumane
%J Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
%P 490-498
%@ 2160-8806
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojog.2023.133045
%X Introduction: Infertility is defined as the inability to achieve a pregnancy after at
least 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse. Our main
objective was to describe the clinical, psychological and socio-economic
profile of women consulting for infertility in the Yaounde Gyneco-Obstetric and Pediatric
Hospital. Methodology: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study with
prospective data collection at the
Yaounde Gyneco Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital over a period of 7 months from 1st December 2021 to 31st June 2022. Results: We included 171
patients. The mean age was 32.3 ¡À 5.5 years. The mean duration
of infertility was 4.0 ¡À 3.7
years. Primary and
secondary Infertility made up 31.6% and 68.4% of cases respectively. Past medical history was
significant for Abortions (50%), Chlamydia and Mycoplasma infections (43.8%), chronic pelvic pain
(49.7%) and endouterine manipulations (33.3%) of cases. Majority of our
patients were stressed (76.6%). The most represented stress score was severe
stress (66.1%). 51% of our patients were mentally depressed and 35.6% were
anxious. Majority of them (74.9%) had low socio-economic status.
%K Psychological Profile
%K Infertility
%K Evaluation Scale
%K Women
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=123800