Prevalence and risk factors of infertility in women from Al-Mahaweel district, Babylon \ Iraq

Hanan Abdul Jabar AlTaee 1, *, Ban Jabir Edan 1 and Daniah Wisam Al-Sallami 2

1 Department of physiology, College of Medicine, University of Babylon, Iraq.
2 Ministry of Health, Babylon Health Directory, Al-Mahaweel sector, Iraq.
 
Research Article
International Journal of Science and Research Archive, 2022, 05(02), 096–102.
Article DOI: 10.30574/ijsra.2022.5.2.0042
Publication history: 
Received on 06 February 2022; revised on 19 March 2022; accepted on 21 March 2022
 
Abstract: 
Background: Infertility is defined as a failure to conceive after one year of a regular insecure relation between couples, it has a serious health dispute that has socioeconomic and health effect on both the individual and society. A little data about infertility is available in our country.
Aim: This study aims to identify the prevalence and demographic characters of infertile couples in whom the women were within reproductive age; attending Al-Mahaweel primary health care center in Babylon city.
Results: This is a cross section study conducted on couples whom the female partners were within the reproductive age attending Al-Mahaweel primary health care center in Babylon governorate. Most women aged equal or less than 35 years (88%) and about half of them with in normal body mass index (46%). Sixty percent of their husbands with free business and 64%live in urban area. Mean age of menarche was 11.5±0.64 (mean± SD), 52% have primary infertility. There were significant difference between patients with primary and secondary infertility regarding duration of bleeding days, duration of infertility, (p<0.05). Binary logistic regression shows that husbands with government employment was associated with increased odds ratio for the primary infertility (OR = 5.429, [1.285-12.941]. Increased duration of bleeding day and duration of infertility associated with increased odds ratio for the primary infertility (OR 4.155, [1.602-10.777]; OR = 1.816, [1.246-2.648] respectively.
Conclusion: Among couples in whom the women of reproductive age who live in Al mahaweel district, the prevalence of infertility was 3.3%, and almost half of the couples experiencing primary infertility. Government employment, increased duration of bleeding days and duration of infertility were associated with increased odds ratio for the primary infertility.
 
Keywords: 
Infertility; Reproductive age group women; Demographic character; Urban population.
 
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