Assess the Psychosocial Stressors Among Infertile Women undergoing Infertility Treatment

Objectives: The study was carried out to identify the psychosocial stressor of infertile women undergoing infertility treatment.

Method: The study was conducted on women undergoing infertility treatment in ARC KLE Dr Prabhakar Kore Hospital and MRC Belgaum. Using a convenience sampling technique a single blinded randomized controlled trial was done on 460 infertile women ( 230 in study and 230 in control) by envelop method. Data collection was done through a special proforma prepared by the investigator. The psychosocial stressors identified were personal emotional, family interpersonal and social. Total 25 questions were analysed using inferential statistics.

Conclusion: The study result indicated that there was significant difference in question 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 9.1, 9.2, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22 in both the groups.