ABSTRACT
Infertility is very stressful event and is proven to associate with depression, anxiety, sexual dysfunction loneliness, sadness and impaired couple's relationship
Objectives: To determine the frequency of depression in infertile females and to determine the various risk factors associated with infertility and depression
Study Design: Prospective cross sectional study
Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Ziauddin University Karachi
Period: January to June 2014
Methodology: Infertile women were interviewed and the diagnosis and severity of depression was assessed together with the effects of different predicators such as age, duration of infertility, employment educational and socioeconomical status using PHQ- 9 scale scoring
Results: This study showed that 199 [58%] of the infertile women suffered from depression. There was a statistically significant association with socio economical status while no significant association was detected with age of women, duration of infertility and educational status
Conclusion: We found a high prevalence of depression among infertile women. Depression was more among women belonging to higher socioeconomic class