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Objective: to identify the frequency of anxiety and depression among women with infertility using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [HDS]
Study design: cross sectional study
Place and Duration of study: Baqai Institute of Reproductive Diseases [BIRDS] Karachi, from May 2015 to October 2015
Methodology: married women with primary or secondary infertility were included. The study participants also completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [HADS], a validated tool to measure psychiatric illness [anxiety and depression]. SPSS 20.0 statistical software was used in the statistical analyses
Results: hundred women were interviewed. Seventy percent [n=70] were between 31-40 year of age. The age at marriage was less than 30 year in 69%. Primary infertility [78%] was more common. The mean HADS-A and HADS-D scores were 9.72 +/- 3.97 and 6.05 +/- 4.22 respectively. Seventy five percent of the women with infertility had anxiety. Depression [31%] was comparatively lower among these women. No significant association was found between anxiety and depression with age, years of marriage and infertility duration [pvalue > 0.05]
Conclusion: the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale could effectively measure the predominant psychiatric illness [depression and anxiety] among women with infertility. Specific counseling methods should be used for attaining better quality of life
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Objective: To characterize the fertility quality of life [QoL] in Pakistani infertile women using FertiQoL questionnaire tool and establish a reference level of QoL for clinical applications and future studies
Materials and Methods: The cross-sectional survey was conducted from May to October 2015 at the Department of Baqai Institute of Reproductive Sciences [BIRDS] of Baqai Medical University. Hundred married women diagnosed with primary or secondary infertility, aged 18 years or above, literate and those who could communicate were enrolled in this study. The study participants also completed the Fertility Quality of Life Questionnaire [FertiQoL], a disease specific validated tool to measure quality of Life. SPSS version 20.0 was used for statistical analyses
Results: Seventy percent women were of 31-40 years, age at marriage less than 30 years [69%], educational qualification of bachelors [38%], unemployed [82%] and duration of infertility less than five years [76%]. Primary infertility was predominant with78%. The women who completed the FertiQol had Mean [SD] for Core FertiQol and treatment FertiQol as 52.17 [13.13] and 54.25 [11.23] respectively. Among the subscales of Core FertiQol the lowest mean scores for Emotional, Mind/ Body, Relational and Social were Mean [SD] as 53.30 [15.23], 50.67 [19.28], 47.34 [12.62] and 57.38 [11.23]. The Mean [SD] for treatment FertiQol was 54.25 [11.23] with Mean [SD] for Environment and Tolerability were 49.13 [9.64] and 59.37 [16.87], respectively
Conclusion: The disease specific quality of life assessment tool Ferti Qol objectively measures the quality of life as well as its various domains, thus providing a more detailed and useful information for treatment
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Objective: to find out frequency of pre menstrual syndrome [PMS] and its impact on undergraduate medical students living in hostels in comparison with day-scholars
Study design: cross sectional study
Place and Duration of Study: baqai Medical University Karachi, from October 2014 to December 2014
Methodology: a group of 100 were selected for the study. Stratified random sampling technique was used to gather meaningful information from the students. Quantitative design was used to acquire date. Chi square and Fisher Exact tests were used for analysis
Results: the mean age of the selected females was 21.48 + 1.761 year. Among a large array of variables, 24 were found significant in the study. This included dysmenorreha, muscle pain, bloated sensation, breast swelling and joint pain
Conclusion: the hostellers were more likely to develop PMS related symptoms in comparison with dayscholars