QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG INFERTILE WOMEN, MINIA DISTRICT.

Abstract

Background: Infertility and its related problems negatively affect the quality of life.
Methods: Across sectional study among infertile females who attended gynecology clinic in Minia
university hospital was conducted. The FertiQoL was used to assess quality of life among 384 women.
Results: The mean of mind subscale was 40.2 (the lowest of all), while the relational subscale had the
highest mean 72.5. The mean of the total FertiQol scale was 56.7.The internal consistency (Cronbach’s
alpha) was 0.63 for the total FertiQol scale.
Conclusion: The infertile women obtained lower total mean score of quality of life, this indicate that
infertility reduces quality of life.