Level of Stress among Infertile Men
Journal Title: International Journal of Practical Nursing - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: Children is the beauty of life where each one of us can see himself in different way through his or her son, and because of them parents starts to work, earn money, keep promises, build a home, construct great city finally willingly they may leave all of that to give them the chance. Fertility is assumed to be a basic human right and parenthood is a necessary development milestone. People with fertility problems can experience a wide range of emotions from mild disappointment to emotional devastation. When a male partner encounter a barrier for having a child, which is linked with fertility problems, the distressful, anxious and psychological stressful conditions may arise due to social stigma. After this, they may look for alternative patterns for the purpose of having children (ÜNER, 2004). It is a growing problem and across virtually all cultures and societies almost all over the World and affects an estimated 10%15% of couples of reproductive age (Thorn & Thorn, 2010). Male and female factors are each believed to account for 40% of cases of infertility; the remaining 20% are either unexplained so called idiopathic infertility or of shared etiology (Fisher, 2009). Method: The goal of the present study was to assess the level of stress among men with infertility in selected villages Lucknow. Quantitative approach, non experimental descriptive research design was used for the study. The main study was conducted with 15 samples using non probability purposive convenience sampling technique. Data collection was done for a period of 10 days by using structured fertility problem inventory. Result: So in this study it was found that the overall mean score of infertile men was 61.07 with standard deviation of 8.21 while the mean score of men with primary infertility and secondary infertility was 59.5 and 62.1 respectively and standard deviation are 5.54 and 9.78. Discussion: It is inferred that the males with infertility are having mild level of stress. Analysis of the study identified level of stress among males with primary and secondary infertility. The study findings reveal the presence mild of level of stress among men with primary and secondary infertility in selected village Lucknow. None of them are having severe level of stress. One subject has no stress. Mean of both primary and secondary infertility men combined and separated shows mild level of stress only.
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S. K. Mohanasundari
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