THE NEXUS BETWEEN INFERTILITY AND DEPRESSION PREVALENCE AMONG WOMEN EXPERIENCING INFERTILITY
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Keywords
Infertility, Depression, Women
Abstract
The present study highlights the association between infertility and depressive symptoms. Women experiencing infertility are more prone to feelings of depression, as evidenced from the previous work by the prevalence of depressive symptoms in this population. Thus our study's objectives are to evaluate the psychological well-being of women who are having reproductive issues and to look into the underlying causes of depression symptoms in infertile women. Data were collected from 200 respondents. Furthermore, Interviews were held at a location suggested by the respondents or in the waiting rooms of the hospitals and clinics. The association between the independent variable and the dependent variable was measured through a Chi-square test. Besides, multivariate analysis was also performed to look for differences in the prevalence of depression with infertility while controlling the age of the respondents. The study explored a significant association between infertility prevalence of depression. The multivariate level analysis highlights the association between infertility and the prevalence of depression across different age groups. A significant relationship was found among older women. It has been inference from the findings and prior empirical work that infertile women had a greater prevalence of depression.
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Muhammad Saifullah Qureshi
Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences, SZABIST University Islamabad, Pakistan
Muhammad Zeeshan Iltaf
Senior Lecturer, Capital University of Science and Technology Islamabad, Pakistan
Syeda Nadia Shah
Lecturer Department of Psychology, Islamia College Peshawar, Pakistan
Summara Nazir
Family Physician at Prime Hair and Skin Transplant Islamabad, Pakistan
Azaz Ali
Department of Neurophysiology, Mahaban Medical & Research Hospital Topi Swabi, Pakistan
Omar Zeb Khan
PhD Scholar Psychology, Department of Psychology, Foundation University School of Science and Technology Rawalpindi, Pakistan.