Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
The reasons for infertility can involve one or both partners. To determine correlation between family and social pressure and psychiatric illness in infertile couples in tertiary care hospital. It is a hospital based cross sectional study conducted on 112 infertile couples( 112 males and 112 females) making a total of 224 subjects attending outpatient department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, PBM hospital during 2021‐2023 for two year using random sampling. Those fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria were enrolled in the study after proper counselling and written consent. Based on the eligibility criteria, the participants were screened and selected from the OPD after informed consent. Selected participants were interviewed using a pretested semistructured interviewer administered questionnaire. Among 112 male partners, 53 (47.3%) were illiterate, Out of 112 couples, 79 (70.5%) presented with primary infertility. When comparing family and social pressure and Stress score, we observed that in both females (wives) and males (husbands), stress levels increases significantly when pressure was there. Presence of family or social pressure has a statistically significant impact on the anxiety levels of wives however the impact in not much on husbands. Assessment of mental health status of the couples should be integrated with infertility management, so that counselling and treatment can be initiated as early as possible.
How to cite this article:
Leenakshi Garg and Akshay Garg. Association of Psychiatric Illness with Family and Social Pressure in Infertile Couples.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2023.972.976
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1815-9346/10.59218/makrjms.2023.972.976