Psychosocial adjustment of educated and uneducated infertile females of Pakistan

ABSTRACT

The present research was designed to investigate the differences in psychosocial adjustment of educated and uneducated infertile females. Cross Sectional study. The data was collected from infertility Advisory Center, Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Fatima Memorial Hospital and Jinnah Hospital Lahore, from March 2005 to July 2005. The total sample consisted of 50 diagnosed infertile females, age range 25-45 years, prerequisite condition was that they had a minimum duration of marriage of three years without children and were under the treatment. In study, 40 translated items were used to assess the psychosocial adjustments, which were derived from Bell Adjustment Inventory [BAI]. The data was analyzed by the help of SPSS. Results indicated that there is a significant difference [t=3.39 and p<0.05] between psychosocial adjustment of educated and uneducated infertile females. The social class, employment and unemployment factors have also significant impact on adjustment of infertile females. It is concluded that the educated infertile females show greater psychosocial adjustment than uneducated infertile females. This relationship will further help to explore other psychosocial dimension of infertile patients