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.
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