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. 2019 Sep-Oct;64(5):377–382. doi: 10.4103/ijd.IJD_367_18

Table 5.

Impact on reproductive status

Factors Number of patients (%)
Started family
 Yes 49 (76.6)
 No 15 (23.4)
Desire to have children
 Yes 41 (64.1)
 No 23 (35.9)
Reason for avoiding pregnancy
 Fear of infected child 34 (53.1)
 Social stigma 22 (34.3)
 Social alienation of the child 29 (45.3)
 Uncertainty of life 16 (25)
 Feeling of guilt 19 (29.6)
 Pregnant at present 1 (1.65)
Information of safer conception methods
 Yes 9 (14.1)
 No 55 (85.9)