Anxiety and Depression among Infertile women attending Tertiary Care Centre in Central India.

Sarita K Sharma; Ujwala U Ukey

Volume : IX, Issue : VI, June - 2020

Anxiety and Depression among Infertile women attending Tertiary Care Centre in Central India.

Sarita K Sharma, Ujwala U Ukey

Abstract :

Background: Infertility is growing at an alarming rate affecting more and more people now a days. Infertile couples undergo various forms of psychological distresses rendering them susceptible to depression and anxiety. Aim& Objective: To study anxiety and depression among infertile women. Settings and Design: A cross sectional study was conducted at the outdoor patients� department (OPD) of a tertiary health care facility in central India Methods and Material: All infertile women attending the Obstetrics and Gynaecology OPD during the study period of two months were included. Data was collected by interview technique using predesigned and pretested questionnaire based on Beck�S Anxiety and Depression scale. Results: Moderate to severe anxiety was found in 59.29%. Depression was present in 76% of study participants. Conclusions: Varied severity of anxiety and depression was found among large majority of the infertile females in the present study. Age was found to be significantly associated with depression.