Quality of Life as Perceived by Infertile Women at Tanta City

Mahfouze, Wafaa Al-Sayed; El-Adham, , Azza Fouad Mohammed; Shaban, Rabaa El- Sayed; Abd-elmenem, , Ekbal Ebrahim

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2024.336591

Quality of Life as Perceived by Infertile Women at Tanta City

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Nursing Specialist, Elmenshawy General Hospital Researcher of Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing ,Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt.

² Professor, Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt.

³ Assist Professor, Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt.

⁴ Lecturer, Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt.

10.21608/tsnj.2024.336591

Abstract

Background: Procreation and the wish to start a family is a basic need for human
beings and one of the important pillars of their quality of life. Infertility and its related
problems can affect the quality of life of infertile women. Aim: To assess the quality
of life as perceived by infertile women at Tanta city. Subjects and method: Design:
A descriptive research design was used. Setting: Obstetrics and gynecological
department and outpatient clinics at Tanta University Hospital. Subjects: A purposive
sample of 100 infertile women. Tools: Two tools: Tool (I): Structured interview
schedule. Tool (II): Fertility specific quality of life questionnaire. Results: Nearly one
tenth (8%) of the studied infertile women had poor emotional quality of life, (30.0%)
had poor mind-body, and poor marital relation quality of life, (6%) had poor social
quality of life, (44.0%) infertility management affects their mood negatively very
often, and nearly one third of them were dissatisfied with the infertility management
and the interaction with the fertility medical staff. Finally, there was a significant
correlation between emotional subscale and both body mass index 0.005*, and age in
years 0.001*. Conclusion: Infertility had fair effect (fair tool score means 50%to
<75%) on infertile women at Tanta city. Recommendations: The maternity nurse
should provide emotional support and conduct health education to infertile women
about healthy lifestyle and health promotion regarding different methods of infertility
treatment to promote their quality of life.