A study of prevalence and socio-demographic profile of infertile couples in field practice area of a tertiary care centre, Amritsar, Punjab, India

Moumita Pal; Priyanka Devgun; Harsh Chalana; Harpreet Kaur; Atanu Biswas; Sukanta Sen

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20161613

Authors

Moumita Pal Department of Community Medicine, ICARE Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Banbishnupur, P.O. Balughata, PIN 721645, Haldia, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India
Priyanka Devgun Department of Community Medicine, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India
Harsh Chalana Department of Community Medicine, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India
Harpreet Kaur Department of Community Medicine, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India
Atanu Biswas Department of Community Medicine, KPC Medical College, Jadavpur, Kolkata, India
Sukanta Sen Department of Pharmacology, ICARE Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Banbishnupur, P.O. Balughata, PIN 721645, Haldia, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20161613

Keywords:

Infertility, Prevalence, Socio-demographic factors

Abstract

Background: Infertility is a global health issue affecting 8 to 12% of couples worldwide. The objective was to study the prevalence and socio-demographic profile of infertility in the study population.

Methods: The present cross sectional community based study was conducted in the field practice area of SGRD, Amritsar. The socio-demographic profile of the screened infertile couples was taken by filling up the pre-tested proforma. The data was statistically analysed by using SPSS (20.0 versions) IBM Chicago and valid conclusion drawn.

Results: The total number of infertile couples were 291 making the prevalence of infertility 4.57% [N=6373] with primary and secondary infertility were 1.95% and 2.62% respectively.

Conclusions: The prevalence of infertility in the study population was 4.57% with a primary infertility was 1.95% and secondary was 2.62%. Among the infertile women 115 (39.5%) were from urban and 176 (60.5%) were from the rural area. Secondary infertility cases were higher in women from both urban and rural area.

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