%0 Journal Article
%T Psychological Issues among Women Undergoing Fertility Treatment in a Specialist Fertility Hospital, South East Nigeria
%A Johnson Akuma Obuna
%A Monday Nwite Igwe
%J Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
%P 681-692
%@ 2160-8806
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojog.2023.134057
%X <strong>Introduction:</strong> <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">In Nigeria, a major reason for marriage is
procreation and</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> married couples look forward to having children
within a year or two of marriage. </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The i</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">nability
to achieve conception and subsequently have a child among</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> couples may lead to psychological complications. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Objective:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> This
study assessed the psychological impact of infertility and its management on
women receiving treatment at a Fertility Specialist Hospital in a poor resource
setting. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methods: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">This was a cross-sectional study of 376 consenting
married women who sought and received fertility treatment at a private
Fertility Specialist Hospital, located at Abakaliki, South-East Nigeria between
May 1, 2017 and May 31, 2022. Socio-demographic and Structured questionnaires
were administered to the participants over a 5</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">year period. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The mean age of the
women at presentation was 36.9 (¡À7.2 SD) years. </span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The m</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ajority of the women (227)
presented with secondary infertility accounting for 60.4%, while the rest had
primary infertility (</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¦Ö</span></i><sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">2</span></sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> = 16.18,
P = 0.001). Male</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">only factor
infertility accounted for 22.9% of all the infertility cases, female</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">only factor 21.3% while both
(male and female factors co-existing) accounted for 52.7% of all the cases. The
commonest cause of infertility in the study was poor sperm parameters (176) accounting
for 46.8% of cases, tubal factor 19.1% and anovulatory factor 22.3% (</span><i><span
%K Infertility
%K Psychological Issues
%K Fertility Treatment
%K Fertility Hospital
%K Nigeria
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=124346