Sughra Abbasi, Rehana Kousar, Sadia Suboohi Sadiq.
Depression and Anxiety in Pakistani Infertile Women.
J Surg Pak Jan ;21(1):13-7.

Objective: To identify the frequency of anxiety and depression among women with infertility using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HDS). Study design: Cross sectional study. Place & Duration of study: Baqai Institute of Reproductive Diseases (BIRDS) Karachi, from May 2015 to October 2015. Methodology: Married women with primary or secondary infertility were included. The study participants also completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), a validated tool to measure psychiatric illness (anxiety and depression). SPSS 20.0 statistical software was used in the statistical analyses. Results: Hundred women were interviewed. Seventy percent (n=70) were between 31-40 year of age. The age at marriage was less than 30 year in 69%. Primary infertility (78%) was more common. The mean HADS-A and HADS-D scores were 9.72 ± 3.97 and 6.05 ± 4.22 respectively. Seventy five percent of the women with infertility had anxiety. Depression (31%) was comparatively lower among these women. No significant association was found between anxiety and depression with age, years of marriage and infertility duration (pvalue > 0.05). Conclusions: The Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale could effectively measure the predominant psychiatric illness (depression and anxiety) among women with infertility. Specific counseling methods should be used for attaining better quality of life.

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