J Menopausal Med.  2016 Aug;22(2):108-113. 10.6118/jmm.2016.22.2.108.

Quality of Life among Iranian Infertile Women in Postmenopausal Period: A Cross-sectional Study

• Direkvand-Moghadam A
• Delpisheh
• Montazeri
• Sayehmiri

• KMID: 2365466
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.6118/jmm.2016.22.2.108

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
Infertility has a significant impact on a women's quality of life (QOL). Infertile women face with physical and mental challenges during their postmenopausal period. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the QOL among Iranian infertile women in the postmenopausal period using a valid and reliable instrument.
METHODS
In this cross-sectional study both snowball and social networking methods were used for sampling. Two demographic and QOL questionnaire were used for data collection. The QOL questionnaire includes 41 items which measure the QOL in five dimensions: socioeconomic, mental health, religiousness, physical health and future imagining. Data analyzed was carried out in IBM SPSS ver. 20.0 using descriptive statistic, χ2 test, and Fisher test. A P value of 0.01 or less was considered significant.
RESULTS
Overall 211 eligible participants were studied. Some participants obtained full score on socioeconomic, religiousness, physical health and future imagining dimensions of QOL but none on the mental health dimension of the QOL. Only, 6.6% of study participants have a good QOL. There was a significant relationship between age and financial provider whit status of QOL.
CONCLUSION
Most Iranian infertile women in the postmenopausal period have poor or moderate QOL. Therefore, improving the QOL among these women should be considered.

Keyword

Dimensions of quality of life; Infertility; Iranian women; Menopause

MeSH Terms

Cross-Sectional Studies*
Data Collection
Female
Humans
Infertility
Menopause
Mental Health
Postmenopause*
Quality of Life*

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