Title of article :
Predictive factors for infertility of women: a univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis
Author/Authors :
Direkvand-Moghadam, Ashraf Psychosocial Injuries Research Center - Nursing and Midwifery Dept - Ilam University of Medical Sciences , Delpisheh, Ali Psychosocial Injuries Research Center - Nursing and Midwifery Dept - Ilam University of Medical Sciences , Direkvand-Moghadam, Azadeh Student Research Committee - Ilam University of Medical Sciences , Karzani, Parvaneh Student Research Committee - Ilam University of Medical Sciences , Saraee, Parvin Student Research Committee - Ilam University of Medical Sciences , Safaripour, Zahra Student Research Committee - Ilam University of Medical Sciences , Mir-Moghadam, Nasim Student Research Committee - Ilam University of Medical Sciences
Abstract :
Background and aims: Infertility is a major problem during reproductive age. Physical
and psychological effects of infertility in women are problematic. The aim of this study
was to determine the potential predictive factors of infertility, among women referring
both public and private health centers in Ilam province, western Iran, in 2013.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 1013 women referring the health care centers of
Ilam province were enrolled in 2013. The participants were selected by simple random
sampling method and their demographic, medical and obstetric variables were collected.
The univariate and multiple logistic regression analyses were used to predict the potential
risk factors of infertility.
Results: The husband’s education and occupation showed to be suitable independent
predictor variables for infertility by multivariate logistic regression analysis (OR: 1.36
and 2, respectively). Overall percentage of correct classification of the model was 88.7%.
It means that, considering the husband’s education and women’s occupation, the ability
of the model to predict the actual category of the cases was 88.7%.
Conclusions: It seems that husband education level and women occupation are
independent predictive variables. The women at risk of infertility have to be identified
and high-quality counseling should be given in order to minimize the complications of
infertility in both genders.
Keywords :
Ilam , Female infertility , Risk factor
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics