Psychological Problems among Infertile Couple with and without In vitro Fertilization Procedure: Comparative Study Abed Rasha AbudlAzeez1,*, Al-Dujaily Arafat Hussain2, Adai Murtaudha Ghanim3 1Academic Nurse, Faculty of Nursing, University of Kufa, Iraq 2Asst. Prof.in Psychiatry, University of Kufa, Faculty of Medicine 3Asst. Professor and Academic Advisor, Faculty of nursing, University of Kufa *Corresponding author: Rasha AbudlAzeez Abed., Academic Nurse, Faculty of Nursing, University of Kufa, Iraq
Online published on 21 February, 2019. Abstract A Descriptive comparative study design was used in this study aims to assess the psychological problems among infertile couple with and without IVF and to find out the relationship between infertile couple psychological problems and their demographic characteristic. The period of study is from 15th October 2017 to 18th September 2018. A Non-Probability (convenience sample) sampling of (100) infertile couple (100 wives and 100 husbands) have been selected from the Fertility Center in AL-Sadder Medical City in AL-Najaf Al-Ashraf province. The questionnaire consists of two parts; demographic characteristics and psychological scale (General Health Questionnaire-28). The data are collected through the utilization of the developed questionnaire by using an interview technique with patients. The result of the study show that most of the infertile wives were at age group (25–32) years (46%), while infertile husbands were at age (36–43) years (42%), duration of marriage (2–13) years), duration of infertility (1–10), and most of them had primary infertility. Also the result of the study show that most of the wives with and without IVF had psychological problems more than husbands. Also there are psychological problems among infertile couple without IVF more than couple with IVF. Top Keywords Psychological problems, In Vitro Fertilization, Infertile Couple. Top |