بررسي شيوع ناباروري زوجها در غرب تهران در سال 1379

STUDY OF COUPLES INFERTILITY IN THE WEST OF TEHRAN, IN THE YEAR OF 2000

To study the prevalence of infertility, both primary and secondary, also outcome of pregnancy and uptake of medical services about that and some demographic factors in a given population of women. An interview-questionnaire survey of 1200 married women in the age group 40-50 who lived in the west of Tehran. Method of women selection was stratified random sampling. 26 questionnaire excluded because of incorrectly completed. Therefore response rate was 98%. The type of study was cross-sectional. Analysis of data performed by SPSS. Among the 1174 women contacted, 87.3% reported no difficulties in having children. 98 (8.3%) women had primary infertility and 43(3.7%) had secondary infertility (definition of one year). In total 98 (8.3%) women with primary infertility, 80(6.8%) eventually conceived. Of the 43 (3.7%) with secondary infertility only 33(2.8%) conceived. Overall 49(4.2%) of the population were left with an unresolved problem of infertility. Only 63% infertile women had made use of specialist and 7% did not seek medical services. Between use of medical services and occupation and literacy of women were not significant difference. The prevalence of infertility was 12%, although 2/3 of these women eventually conceived. Primary infertility was more common that secondary infertility and only 63% of infertile women attended specialist services.