RT - Journal TY - JOUR A1 - Sanad, Zakaria A1 - El-Hady Kalil, Nora A1 - El-Rahman Beddah, Eman T1 - Infertility and related risk factors among women attending rural family health facilities in Menoufia Governorate YR - 2019/10/1 JF - Menoufia Medical Journal JO - Menoufia Med J SP - 1365 OP - 1370 VO - 32 IS - 4 UL - http://www.mmj.eg.net/article.asp?issn=1110-2098;year=2019;volume=32;issue=4;spage=1365;epage=1370;aulast=Sanad;t=5 DO - 10.4103/mmj.mmj_269_18 N2 - Background Infertility is perceived as a problem across virtually all cultures and societies and affects 10–15% of couples in their reproductive age. Objective The current study aimed to assess the prevalence of infertility among women attending the studied health facilities and explore the different factors related to infertility among the studied group. Patients and methods The cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 320 married women in the child-bearing period. The calculated sample was collected from four primary health-care facilities which were randomly selected. Women were interviewed by a predesigned questionnaire. Results The prevalence of infertility among the studied group was 25%. The prevalence of primary and secondary infertility was 9 and 16%, respectively. Infertility was significantly associated with overweight and obesity (P < 0.05), sedentary lifestyle (P < 0.001), irregular menstruation (P < 0.001), history of pelvic inflammatory disease (P < 0.001), and passive smoking (P < 0.05). Conclusion There are numerous risk factors affecting infertility in the Egyptian women, and many of them are preventable. ER -