Association between infertility factors and perceived relationship quality in infertile couples

Background: Infertility is a crisis in the life of couples that could affect their relationships. The present study was conducted to evaluate the relation between infertility factors and the quality of marital relationship in infertile couples who referred to the Fertility and Infertility center of Isfahan.Materials and Methods: The present study was conducted cross-sectional on ۱۳۱ infertile couples who referred to the Fertility and Infertility center of Isfahan and had the inclusion criteria and were selected using convenient sampling method. Data gathering tool for the present study was Perceived Relationship Quality Components (PRQC). All the data was analyzed using SPSS software version ۲۱. Analysis was conducted using descriptive and inferential statistics (independent t test and one-way ANOVA). The level of significance was set at ۰.۰۵ for all the statistical tests.Results: The mean score of PRQC for women and men was ۸۴.۰۵ and ۸۸.۴۶ respectively and their difference was statistically significant. There was a significant relation between the score of PRQC in women (p = ۰.۰۲۸) and men (p = ۰.۰۳۰) with the infertility factor. Results showed that the mean score of perceived quality of different aspects of the marital relationship was significantly lower when the infertility factor was female (p < ۰.۰۵). in women aspects of “satisfaction” (p = ۰.۰۲۴) and “commitment” (p = ۰.۰۱۱) and in men aspect of “love”(p = ۰.۰۰۴) from the perceived aspects of relationship had significant relation with the infertility factor.

کلیدواژه ها:

infertility ، infertility factors ، marital relationship ، perceived relationship quality components