Awareness Regarding Causes of Infertility Among Out-patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan

Ahmed, Husham M.; Khan, Mohammad Tahir; Yasmin, Farah; Jawaid, Haris; Khalid, Hiba; Shigri, Anum; Nawaz, Faryal; Hasan, Choudhary Ahmed

doi:10.7759/cureus.7685

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“…The World Health Organization ranks infertility as the 5th highest generator of disability among the global population of all people under 60 years of age [6]. An increasing number of studies have examined health literacy in the domain of fertility knowledge [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

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Disparities in fertility knowledge among women from low and high resource settings presenting for fertility care in two United States metropolitan centers

Hoffman

Delaney

Valdés³

et al. 2020

Fertil Res and Pract

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Background: Few studies have examined health literacy and fertility knowledge among women from low income, socio-culturally diverse communities presenting for fertility care in the United States. Our study sought to examine demographic predictors of fertility-related knowledge among infertile women from low and high-resource communities in two major metropolitan centers in the United States. Methods: Fertility Knowledge Assessments were administered to women presenting for fertility care at county medical centers serving low-resource, largely immigrant patients and to women from largely affluent populations presenting to comprehensive fertility centers in two cities. The influence of demographic predictors on fertility knowledge was examined through regression analysis. Results: A total of 143 women were included in our analysis. In the county hospital/low resource clinic (LR, n = 70), the mean age was 32.8 ± 6.1 years vs 35.0 ± 5.0 years in the fee-for-service/high resource clinic (HR, n = 73). Among the LR patients, 74% were immigrants, 71% had an annual income <$25,000 and 52% had completed high school. Among HR patients, 36% were immigrants, 60% had an annual income >$100,000, and 95% had some college or above. On average, women from HR settings scored 3.0 points higher on the Fertility Knowledge Assessment than their LR counterparts (p < 0.001). Upon multivariate analysis, education level remained the sole independent factor associated with fertility knowledge assessment score (p < 0.001). Stratifying by resource level revealed that income was highly associated with fertility knowledge (p < 0.01) among high resource individuals even when adjusting for education level. Conclusions: Women from low resource, largely immigrant communities, seeking fertility care have greater disparities in fertility knowledge and lower health literacy compared to women from high resource clinical settings. Further studies are needed to understand these barriers and to develop targeted inventions to lower disparities and improve care for these vulnerable populations.

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Disparities in fertility knowledge among women from low and high resource settings presenting for fertility care in two United States metropolitan centers

Hoffman

Delaney

Valdés³

et al. 2020

Fertil Res and Pract

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“…Globally, about 10% of infertility has no particular reason [ 15 ]. The Pakistani population belongs to the low-middle-income community, which has a high prevalence of infertility due to a lack of awareness and limited understanding of its causes, in addition to the lack of health-seeking behavior for this medical problem [ 1 ]. Various causes are attributed to the decline in sperm quality that may lead to infertility.…”

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“…Infertility is defined as the inability of any couple having a pregnancy within 12 months of sexual intercourse after the use of protection measures [ 1 ]. It affects one in six couples and is recognized as a major health problem [ 2 ].…”

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Therapeutic Potential of Date Palm against Human Infertility: A Review

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Male and female infertility is a global major health problem. Approximately 15% of couples of a reproductive age are unable to achieve the desired pregnancy within 12 months, despite daily unprotected sexual intercourse, and about 10% of infertilities have no specific reason worldwide. Currently, many researchers are interested to investigate the use of natural remedies for preventive and curative purposes of infertility. This review brings together some of the data on the nutritional characteristics of the date palm and its different parts on fertility outcomes and critically evaluates the past and recent literature relevant to the consumption of date fruit against infertility-related problems. Due to its antioxidant potential, dates are considered a functional treatment for reducing the risks of infertility. In males, the date palm has a potent effect on the reproductive parameters including hormonal levels and seminal vesicle parameters as well as sperm motility, count, and viability; whereas, in females, it shows a convincing effect on reproductive parameters including oogenesis process, strengthening of oocytes, regulation of hormones, strengthening of pregnancy, reduction of the need for labor augmentation, and postpartum hemorrhage prevention.

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“…Infertile women experience psychological problems such as depression, stress, and anxiety (Begum & Hasan, 2014; Yusuf, 2016) as well as social impacts such as stigmatization, abuse, and threat of divorce and remarriage of husband (Sami & Ali, 2006, 2012). In addition, the literature also reveals inadequate awareness related to the causes of infertility (Ahmed et al, 2020). Previous literature highlights that psychological distress is negatively associated with marital adjustment and social support (Qadir et al, 2015).…”

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The Effects of Provision of Instrumental, Emotional, and Informational Support on Psychosocial Adjustment of Involuntary Childless Women in Pakistan

Iram

Mustafa

Ahmad

et al. 2020

Journal of Family Issues

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The objectives of the study are to investigate (i) the level of social support, social adjustment, and psychological adjustment; and (ii) the effects of social support (emotional, informational, and instrumental support) on social adjustment, psychological adjustment, and psychosocial adjustment among childless women. A total of 334 woman respondents were surveyed using a simple random sampling technique. Factor analysis, reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and multiple linear regression analysis were used to analyze the data. In the overall model, emotional support, instrumental support, and informational support were significantly associated with social adjustment. In addition, emotional support and instrumental support were significant with psychological adjustment. Furthermore, emotional support, instrumental support, and informational support were the predictors of psychosocial adjustment among childless women. This study contributed to the broader avenues of understanding social support such as husband, in-laws, friends, and relatives, and the accumulation of social support among the childless women in the patriarchal society. The findings highlighted the efficacy and utility of the centuries-old social institution of family as a major predictor of psychosocial support to the childless woman. It subsidized to the limited body of research on provision of social support and psychosocial adjustment among childless women in the patriarchal society.

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Awareness Regarding Causes of Infertility Among Out-patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan

Cited by 21 publications

References 15 publications

Disparities in fertility knowledge among women from low and high resource settings presenting for fertility care in two United States metropolitan centers

Disparities in fertility knowledge among women from low and high resource settings presenting for fertility care in two United States metropolitan centers

Therapeutic Potential of Date Palm against Human Infertility: A Review

The Effects of Provision of Instrumental, Emotional, and Informational Support on Psychosocial Adjustment of Involuntary Childless Women in Pakistan

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