Relationship Between Infertility and Digital Cervicography Findings in Cameroonian Women

Manga, Simon; Li, Yan; Nulah, Kathleen; Kanjo, Mireille; Welty, Edith; Enah, Comfort; Tita, Alan T.N.

doi:10.15296/ijwhr.2018.22

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“…This study also showed that women who had multiple sexual partners had 5.3 times more chance of infertility than those who did not have multiple sexual partners. This result is similar to the studies conducted in Tanzania [16] and Cameroon [20]. This might be due to the fact that females with multiple sexual partners are at higher risk of acquiring STI, which by itself is a risk factor for infertility.…”

Section: International Journal Of Reproductive Medicinesupporting

confidence: 88%

Determinants of Infertility among Married Women Attending Dessie Referral Hospital and Dr. Misganaw Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic, Dessie, Ethiopia

Bayu

Egata

Kefale

et al. 2020

International Journal of Reproductive Medicine

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Background. Infertility is the inability to become pregnant after one year of sexual intercourse without the use of contraception. Epidemiological data suggest that 10 to 15% of couples around the world are suffering from infertility. The exact meaning of marriage is mainly fulfilled if the couple conceives and bears children. Failure of this often leads to unhappy married lives, divorces, and high levels of psychiatric morbidity. There is scarcity of data about determinants of infertility in Ethiopia. Therefore, the aim of this study is to identify the determinants of infertility among married women attending Dessie Referral Hospital and Dr. Misganaw gynecology and obstetrics specialty clinic, Dessie, Ethiopia, 2019. Methods. An institution-based case-control study was conducted on 281 participants. The participants were selected by a systematic random sampling technique. Data were collected using a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire. Data were entered into EpiData version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 23 for analyses. Variables with p<0.25 in bivariable logistic regression were entered into multivariable logistic regression. Odds ratio with its 95% confidence interval was estimated to measure the direction and strength of the association. The level of statistical significance was set at p<0.05. Results. The determinants of women’s infertility were age at the first pregnancy (AOR=2.89; 95% CI: 1.105, 7.564), age at menarche (AOR=3.2; 95% CI: 1.278, 7.975), menstruation flow in days (AOR=4.17; 95% CI: 0.062, 0.929), multiple sexual partners (AOR=5.33; 95% CI: 2.124, 13.397), and history of STI (AOR=2.79; 95% CI: 1.088, 7.159). Conclusion. Age at the first pregnancy, age at menarche, multiple sexual partners, number of days of menstruation flow, and history of STI were determinants of women’s infertility. Infertility may bring about unhappy married lives, divorces, and high levels of psychiatric morbidity. Therefore, couples need to have heath education about risk factors for infertility.

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Section: International Journal Of Reproductive Medicinesupporting

confidence: 88%