فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background and aim: Infertile women experience many problems in their life. Evaluation the quality of lifein infertile makes the healthcare provider aware of their needs for providing quality care. The aim of presentstudy was to compare the quality of life in fertile and infertile women attending public and private centers IIlam,Iran.Methods and material : In a cross - sectional study , quality of life of a group of infertile and fertilewomen attending to public and private health care centers of Ilam in 2013 was compared. Simple randomsampling method was used. Inclusion criteria consisted of: being married, age between 15-49 years , nonpregnantand non-lactating. Postmenopausal women with known physical and mental illness, or a history ofthem were excluded. Data were collected by the quality of life questionnaires SF-36 and demographicquestionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS software, chi-square test and t-test.Results: 450 women participated in the present study . Mean age in women of fertile group was 32.17± 3.09years and in infertile women 35.93± 8.07, respectively. The mean scores for physical functioning, rolelimitations due to physical problems, general health, vitality, social functioning, role limitations due toemotional problems and mental health were significantly different in fertile and infertile women. But thephysical pain scores were not significantly different in fertile and infertile women.Conclusion: The physical and mental dimensions of quality of life scores was lower in infertile women incomparison to fertile women group . Therefore it is important to provide support and education to improvequality of life in infertile women.Key words: Infertility, quality of life, SF-36