Abstract:
To become a biological parent is the long cherished desire of all couples. It is the pivot for a loving, successful family. The objective of the study is to assess the factors affecting fertility among the patients attending a selected infertility centre in Dhaka city.
A descriptive type of cross sectional study was carried out with 160 samples by using non-randomized purposive sampling technique and data collection was done by a pretested and modified questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS (version 16).
The study revealed that among the respondents 68.1% was between age group 26-35 years with mean age 32.38 + 4.884 years. Among them 63.7% completed their graduation and masters, 50.6% had a monthly family income as BDT 10,000-50,000. Of the respondents 45% was smoker and 66.6% used to take <5-10 sticks per day. Study also revealed that 38.5%, 37.7%, 24.4% and 4.1% of the respondents haddepression, job stress, and partner relationship problems respectively. Study also found that hypertension, diabetes, mumps, undescendent testes was reported by 36.5%, 26.9%, 5.7% and 2% of the respondents respectively. Approximate 28.9%, 44.7%, 21.1% and 5.3% of the respondents experienced tubal, ovarian, uterine and accidental surgery respectively. Among all the female respondents 91.2%, 26.8%, 12.6% did ovulation induction, IUI, IVF respectively. Of them 79.1%, 86% and 95% failed to conceive after getting consecutive treatment. Statistical association was found between satisfactory relationship among couple and less duration of infertility treatment (p= 0.04).
Infertility has become a global challenge at present time; to overcome the problem mass awareness has to be created with availability of effective treatment facilities within reach.
