Table 6.
Relationship of Fertility Quality of Life (FertiQoL) with demographic and clinical characteristics in infertile women
Core FertiQoL | Treatment FertiQoL | ||||||||
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Emotional | Mind/Body | Relational | Social | Total | Environment | Tolerability | Total | ||
Age (Y) | |||||||||
<30 | 49.6 ± 18.7 | 60.8 ± 19.2 | 72.3 ± 14.7 | 62.6 ± 18.8 | 61.3 ± 14.2 | 61.9 ± 13.1 | 54.1 ± 17.3 | 58.8 ± 11.8 | |
30-35 | 55.6 ± 22.5 | 60.7 ± 24.5 | 72.4 ± 15.9 | 64.0 ± 25.3 | 63.2 ± 19.7 | 61.2 ± 13.1 | 55.2 ± 20.7 | 58.8 ± 12.7 | |
≥35 | 58.9 ± 24.2 | 66.6 ± 22.1 | 66.2 ± 19.9 | 66.4 ± 20.9 | 64.5 ± 19.0 | 60.2 ± 17.7 | 52.4 ± 21.5 | 57.1 ± 15.3 | |
P value | 0.070 | 0.356 | 0.146 | 0.664 | 0.620 | 0.854 | 0.809 | 0.790 | |
Duration infertility (Y) | |||||||||
<3 | 56.5 ± 17.9 | 66.4 ± 19.0 | 72.2 ± 17.4 | 69.2 ± 20.4 | 66.1 ± 15.8 | 60.1 ± 11.6 | 52.8 ± 17.9 | 57.2 ± 10.8 | |
3-6 | 53.3 ± 22.8 | 61.7 ± 21.4 | 71.9 ± 17.9 | 64.4 ± 20.5 | 62.8 ± 17.3 | 57.9 ± 15.1 | 51.8 ± 19.8 | 55.5 ± 13.8 | |
≥6 | 51.0 ± 22.3 | 59.2 ± 23.0 | 68.6 ± 14.0 | 59.1 ± 21.6 | 59.5 ± 17.1 | 66.0 ± 14.1 | 57.4 ± 19.4 | 62.6 ± 12.4 | |
P value | 0.459 | 0.266 | 0.480 | 0.064 | 0.165 | 0.008 | 0.266 | 0.010 | |
Cause of infertility | |||||||||
Male factor | 55.8 ± 21.4 | 65.7 ± 20.4 | 72.5 ± 16.4 | 65.2 ± 20.4 | 64.8 ± 16.7 | 62.6 ± 14.1 | 58.0 ± 18.5 | 60.7 ± 13.0 | |
Female factor | 59.6 ± 22.2 | 67.0 ± 24.2 | 75.3 ± 15.8 | 70.7 ± 21.9 | 68.1 ± 17.8 | 64.5 ± 14.8 | 53.0 ± 21.0 | 59.9 ± 13.6 | |
Both | 47.9 ± 20.6 | 53.2 ± 19.7 | 66.5 ± 18.3 | 62.5 ± 20.7 | 57.5 ± 16.4 | 61.4 ± 12.5 | 49.3 ± 19.6 | 56.5 ± 12.1 | |
Unexplained | 46.3 ± 19.1 | 56.5 ± 19.7 | 66.2 ± 14.4 | 55.2 ± 20.2 | 56.0 ± 14.3 | 54.9 ± 14.1 | 49.4 ± 17.2 | 52.7 ± 11.1 | |
P value | 0.038 | 0.017 | 0.074 | 0.037 | 0.010 | 0.046 | 0.090 | 0.028 | |
Type of infertility | |||||||||
Primary | 52.8 ± 21.2 | 62.0 ± 21.5 | 71.2 ± 17.0 | 63.5 ± 22.1 | 62.4 ± 17.3 | 62.7 ± 13.4 | 54.9 ± 19.4 | 59.6 ± 11.9 | |
Secondary | 55.7 ± 22.1 | 62.8 ± 21.6 | 69.4 ± 14.5 | 65.4 ± 16.9 | 63.3 ± 15.4 | 56.1 ± 16.2 | 50.8 ± 18.3 | 53.9 ± 15.3 | |
P value | 0.494 | 0.850 | 0.580 | 0.645 | 0.776 | 0.017 | 0.277 | 0.026 | |
Educational level | |||||||||
Primary | 48.7 ± 21.0 | 58.8 ± 22.8 | 66.2 ± 13.6 | 58.0 ± 22.6 | 57.9 ± 16.6 | 66.7 ± 12.1 | 56.0 ± 20.9 | 62.4 ± 12.5 | |
Secondary | 50.1 ± 21.7 | 58.1 ± 21.9 | 68.6 ± 16.5 | 61.2 ± 20.7 | 59.5 ± 16.5 | 60.0 ± 14.5 | 53.5 ± 21.1 | 57.4 ± 14.5 | |
University | 58.4 ± 20.5 | 67.2 ± 19.6 | 74.8 ± 17.0 | 68.8 ± 20.0 | 67.3 ± 16.4 | 60.1 ± 14.5 | 53.5 ± 16.8 | 57.5 ± 11.4 | |
P value | 0.038 | 0.037 | 0.027 | 0.033 | 0.009 | 0.078 | 0.819 | 0.173 | |
Failure of treatment | |||||||||
0 | 59.7 ± 17.9 | 68.8 ± 19.7 | 70.4 ± 15.3 | 67.9 ± 19.4 | 66.7 ± 14.6 | 63.7 ± 13.3 | 60.2 ± 17.0 | 62.3 ± 11.9 | |
1 | 52.0 ± 21.3 | 60.2 ± 22.0 | 70.5 ± 18.9 | 61.7 ± 23.2 | 61.1 ± 18.5 | 58.5 ± 14.3 | 45.6 ± 18.9 | 53.4 ± 12.0 | |
2 | 39.8 ± 23.6 | 51.5 ± 21.0 | 67.1 ± 18.6 | 56.3 ± 23.9 | 53.6 ± 18.0 | 60.0 ± 17.5 | 47.5 ± 18.4 | 55.0 ± 12.3 | |
3 | 45.2 ± 19.9 | 55.6 ± 18.3 | 72.8 ± 13.2 | 61.7 ± 16.2 | 58.8 ± 14.4 | 60.8 ± 13.9 | 53.4 ± 15.2 | 57.9 ± 11.7 | |
≥4 | 62.1 ± 23.8 | 62.1 ± 25.2 | 78.0 ± 15.5 | 67.0 ± 22.8 | 67.3 ± 19.1 | 61.0 ± 13.7 | 62.5 ± 25.9 | 61.6 ± 17.9 | |
P value | 0.001 | 0.008 | 0.493 | 0.211 | 0.019 | 0.480 | 0.001 | 0.006 | |
History of abortion | |||||||||
No | 53.1 ± 22.0 | 62.3 ± 22.2 | 70.9 ± 17.0 | 63.9 ± 22.0 | 62.5 ± 17.5 | 62.8 ± 13.5 | 54.9 ± 19.5 | 59.6 ± 12.2 | |
Yes | 55.1 ± 18.5 | 61.4 ± 17.9 | 70.8 ± 14.0 | 64.0 ± 16.6 | 62.8 ± 13.9 | 54.2 ± 15.5 | 49.8 ± 17.5 | 52.4 ± 14.7 | |
P value | 0.656 | 0.852 | 0.993 | 0.969 | 0.927 | 0.004 | 0.209 | 0.008 | |
Values are mean ± SD.