Quality of Life among Iranian Infertile Women in Postmenopausal Period: A Cross-sectional Study
Journal of Menopausal Medicine
;
: 108-113, 2016.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-163113
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
Infertility has a significant impact on a women's quality of life (QOL). Infertile women face with physical and mental challenges during their postmenopausal period. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the QOL among Iranian infertile women in the postmenopausal period using a valid and reliable instrument.METHODS:
In this cross-sectional study both snowball and social networking methods were used for sampling. Two demographic and QOL questionnaire were used for data collection. The QOL questionnaire includes 41 items which measure the QOL in five dimensions socioeconomic, mental health, religiousness, physical health and future imagining. Data analyzed was carried out in IBM SPSS ver. 20.0 using descriptive statistic, χ2 test, and Fisher test. A P value of 0.01 or less was considered significant.RESULTS:
Overall 211 eligible participants were studied. Some participants obtained full score on socioeconomic, religiousness, physical health and future imagining dimensions of QOL but none on the mental health dimension of the QOL. Only, 6.6% of study participants have a good QOL. There was a significant relationship between age and financial provider whit status of QOL.CONCLUSION:
Most Iranian infertile women in the postmenopausal period have poor or moderate QOL. Therefore, improving the QOL among these women should be considered.
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Assunto principal:
Qualidade de Vida
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Menopausa
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Saúde Mental
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Estudos Transversais
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Coleta de Dados
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Pós-Menopausa
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Infertilidade
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Journal of Menopausal Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2016
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