TITLE:
Clinical, Psychological and Socio-Economic Profile of Women Consulting for Couple Infertility in the Yaounde Gynaeco-Obstetric and Paediatric Hospital
AUTHORS:
Junie Ngaha, Isidore Tompeen, Bilkissou Moustapha, Claudia Toukem, Anabelle Ako, Brigitte Wandji, Laure Menguene, Pascal Foumane
KEYWORDS:
Psychological Profile, Infertility, Evaluation Scale, Women
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Vol.13 No.3,
March
22,
2023
ABSTRACT: Introduction: Infertility is defined as the inability to achieve a pregnancy after at
least 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse. Our main
objective was to describe the clinical, psychological and socio-economic
profile of women consulting for infertility in the Yaounde Gyneco-Obstetric and Pediatric
Hospital. Methodology: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study with
prospective data collection at the
Yaounde Gyneco Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital over a period of 7 months from 1st December 2021 to 31st June 2022. Results: We included 171
patients. The mean age was 32.3 ± 5.5 years. The mean duration
of infertility was 4.0 ± 3.7
years. Primary and
secondary Infertility made up 31.6% and 68.4% of cases respectively. Past medical history was
significant for Abortions (50%), Chlamydia and Mycoplasma infections (43.8%), chronic pelvic pain
(49.7%) and endouterine manipulations (33.3%) of cases. Majority of our
patients were stressed (76.6%). The most represented stress score was severe
stress (66.1%). 51% of our patients were mentally depressed and 35.6% were
anxious. Majority of them (74.9%) had low socio-economic status. Conclusion: Couple infertility is most often
secondary. It triggers the onset of psychological problems like stress, mental
depression and anxiety. Most of our patients had a low socio-economic status.