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 collectionat the
Yaounde Gyneco Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital over a period of7 months from 1st December 2021 to 31st June 2022. Results: We included 171
patients. The mean age was 32.3±5.5 years. The mean duration
of infertility was 4.0 ±3.7
years. Primaryand
secondary Infertility made up 31.6% and 68.4% of cases respectively. Past medical history was
significant for Abortions (50%), Chlamydia andMycoplasma 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.
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