Psychological and social aspects of male infertility in a male dominated society

Baluch, Bahman; Nasseri, Mariam; Aghssa, Malek Mansour

doi:10.1016/s1061-7361(99)80007-1

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“…These results were also supported by another study. [ 39 ] In interviews at our clinic, while conducting this research, patients reported that they are often tormented by the loss of social status due being infertile. Participants reported of “being perceived as incomplete or their lives being stagnant by others.” Society perceived them as “blemished, disadvantaged and perhaps sexually incompetent.” A majority of the participants of this study reported that instead of being treated emphatically, they often faced the blame of involuntary childlessness as if, “they actually want to be childless.” Moreover, patients often hid the fact that they are seeking treatments (from friends, colleagues at work-circle and even family members) as frank disclosure would lead to intrusive questions and a violation of their privacy.…”

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Sociocultural determinants of infertility stress in patients undergoing fertility treatments

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Introduction:Involuntary childlessness is a distressing condition that has considerable social implications in developing nations.Aim:The present study aims to investigate the less known sociocultural determinants of infertility stress in patients undergoing assisted conception and reproductive treatments.Methods:This cross-sectional research was conducted on 300 men and women with primary infertility. The profile of sociodemographic variables, clinical variables, and sociocultural variables was collected using a locally devised questionnaire. Infertility stress was assessed using the psychological evaluation test.Statistical Analysis:Research data were analyzed using SPSS 15. Chi-square test is used for univariate analysis. Multiple logistic regression with enter method is used to examine the association between infertility stress and sociocultural variables.Results:The findings suggest that in both men and women, low spousal support, financial constraints, and social coercion in early years of marriage predicts infertility distress. Peer-support neither predicts nor protects against distress.Discussion:Family acceptance and social security for infertility is low. Stigma, concealment, and discrimination among men are reported to be high. Distress is three times greater in women with overinvolved family members who had unrealistic expectations from treatments. Taking continuous cycles of fertility treatments seems unaffordable for most patients. Subfertile individuals were socially perceived to be deprived, blemished, incomplete, and sexually incompetent.Conclusion:Data from this investigation, provides a glimpse into sociocultural aspects of infertility. The findings may be useful for identifying targets for individual and family-focused psychological interventions for distress reduction in infertility.

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“…Studies of men also report mixed results. Baluch et al (1998) found that Iranian men with infertility have higher scores for depression and trait anxiety, especially among those with male-factor infertility. Folkvord et al (2005) report that one-third of infertile men in Zimbabwe showed signs of mild clinical depression.…”

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The experience of infertility: a review of recent literature

Greil¹,

Slauson-Blevins²,

McQuillan³

2010

Sociology of Health &Amp; Illness

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About 10 years ago Greil published a review and critique of the literature on the socio-psychological impact of infertility. He found at the time that most scholars treated infertility as a medical condition with psychological consequences rather than as a socially constructed reality. This article examines research published since the last review. More studies now place infertility within larger social contexts and social scientific frameworks although clinical emphases persist. Methodological problems remain but important improvements are also evident. We identify two vigorous research traditions in the social scientific study of infertility. One tradition uses primarily quantitative techniques to study clinic patients in order to improve service delivery and to assess the need for psychological counseling. The other tradition uses primarily qualitative research to capture the experiences of infertile people in a sociocultural context. We conclude that more attention is now being paid to the ways in which the experience of infertility is shaped by social context. We call for continued progress in the development of a distinctly sociological approach to infertility and for the continued integration of the two research traditions identified here.

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“…Wischmann and Thorn [ 7 ] highlighted, in their review, differences in German and South-African infertile men and found more depressive symptoms among South-African men. Baluch et al [ 8 ] interpreted their results about depression and anxiety in Iranian males reflecting Western results and found differences in impairment of infertile men at follow-up stages. In multicultural countries, some differences were examined in different sub-cultures regarding infertility.…”

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Cross-cultural comparison of fertility specific quality of life in German, Hungarian and Jordanian couples attending a fertility center

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Hamadneh

Rösner

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BackgroundOnly a few studies have reported cross-cultural comparisons regarding psychosocial consequences of infertility. Differences between societies with different cultural backgrounds were revealed and seemed to be based on the importance of pronatalism. Our aim was to measure cross-cultural differences in fertility specific quality of life of infertile couples in Germany, Hungary and Jordan who attend a fertility center in a cross-sectional study.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in one fertility clinic in Germany, in five fertility clinics in Hungary and in one fertility clinic in Jordan. Overall 750 couples (252 couples in Jordan, 246 couples in Germany and 252 couples in Hungary) attending the first medical infertility consultation were asked to fill out our questionnaire set. Fertility specific quality of life (FertiQoL) and sociodemographic differences were measured between couples from three countries.ResultsJordanian couples had the shortest relationship (5.8 ± 4.3 yrs.), though they reported the longest duration of child wish (4.2 ± 3.6 yrs.) and fertility treatments (3.0 ± 3.3 yrs.). The proportion of high education was considerably higher in Jordanian women and men (60 % and 66 %, respectively) compared to the other two samples. First, marked cross-country differences were obtained on Emotional, Mind/Body and Relational subscales of the FertiQoL, indicating that Jordanian couples reported poorer fertility-related quality of life than Germans and Hungarians (p < 0.001). After controlling for the sociodemographic and medical variables, a significant difference only in the Emotional domain was observed (p < 0.001).ConclusionsThe study revealed only a few cultural based differences in fertility specific quality of life between the couples of the three countries. Thus, infertility counselors should pay attention to psychosocial problems rooted in individual sociocultural aspects of the infertile couple regardless of cultural stereotypes. Further studies should identify sociocultural factors within different subgroups of infertile patients instead of focusing different societies as a whole because intra-cultural psychosocial differences in experiencing infertility seem to be more important for the individual patient than intercultural differences.

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Psychological and social aspects of male infertility in a male dominated society

Cited by 14 publications

References 12 publications

Sociocultural determinants of infertility stress in patients undergoing fertility treatments

Sociocultural determinants of infertility stress in patients undergoing fertility treatments

The experience of infertility: a review of recent literature

Cross-cultural comparison of fertility specific quality of life in German, Hungarian and Jordanian couples attending a fertility center

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