Abstract:
Infertility is a public health problem
affecting around 8-10% of the couple worldwide. It has
an impact on their physical, mental and social wellbeing.
Aim and Objectives: To determine the
prevalence and to assess the psychosocial
consequences of infertility among rural residents of
Vijayapur area of Karnataka. Material and Methods: A
cross sectional study was conducted in the rural field
practice area between March 2015 - February 2016.
Complete enumeration of all the houses was done to list
all eligible couples and those who were exposed to risk
of pregnancy and had infertility were identified. A
validated “Fertility problem inventory scale” was used
to assess the psychosocial consequences of infertility
and impact was seen at four levels i.e., personal, sexual,
social, marital. Results:Atotal of 106 participants were
included. The prevalence of infertility was 7.6%.
Conflict within the marriage was highest (mean scores
60.3), followed by decline in sexual relationship (mean
scores 55.9), personal impact (mean scores 44.3) and
social impact (mean scores 38.8).Conclusion: The
results revealed that the couples have poor well-being
on all the dimensions. There is need of awareness
generation and counselling.
