Epidemiological Investigation of Causes and Factors Related To Infertility in Infertile Couples Referred to Health Clinics in Birjand

Backgournd: Infertility is one of the major problems of present society. Infertility is not only a medical problem, but also it hurts the life of infertile couples in many aspects. The frequency of infertility at different regions of the world is estimated about 10 to 15%. Methods and Materials: This descriptive study was done by the questionnaire designed according to demographic information: age, infertility period, menstrual cycle Etc. The questionnaire was asked from 224infertile couple that referred to infertility centers in Birjand in years 1394- 1396. The mean and standards deviation of quantitative variables and the frequency percentage of qualitative variables were calculatedand the Chi2 test was used and P<0.05 was considered significant. Results: The average age of women 27.56± 5.7 and their spouses was 35.47± 2.7 years-old. The average period of infertility was 58.5±32.7 month, and 91.7% of couples became infertile in their first marriage. 46.6% of men and 12.4% of women were addicted to smoking and 59.8% of women had an irregular menstrual cycle and 61.3% were with hirsutism.12.1% of the women had a familial history of PCO. In 88.3% of males semen analysis was reported normal. 74.8% of women had a normal uterus and 25.2% of them had endometriosis. Conclusion: The majority of women had some degree of obesity with hirsutism, most of them had irregular menstrual cycles. Therefore, it s usual that most of the diagnosis of the causes of infertility was endometriosis and the presence ofPCO. The probability of infection can be considered as a factor in this region.

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Infertility ، Epidemiology ، Birjand