كيفيت زندگي و عوامل مؤثر بر آن در زنان نابارور

Quality of Life and Influencing Factors among Infertile Women

Introduction: Various individual , social, economic factors along with irrational parenthood cognitions may have negative effects on quality of life of infertile women . The aim of this study was to investigate quality of life and related influencing factors among infertile women referring to Vali-e-asr fertility research center, Tehran, Iran. Methods: 147 infertile women referred to Vali-e-asr fertility research center affiliated to Tehran university of medical sciences , enrolled in such cross-sectional study. Data were gathered by three specific questionnaires of demographic characteristics, infertility-specified quality of life and irrational parenthood cognitions. Results: 48.3% of studied women had good quality of life, whereas 36.1% had moderate and 15.6% had poor conditions in their quality of lives . Mean ± SO of quality of life scores was 1.62 ± 0,83. Data revealed statistically significant correlations between quality of life and perceived pressures (p=O.OO I), strong desire for having a child (p