Risk factors associated with primary and secondary infertility in eastern part of north India: A pilot study
Journal Title: The Journal of Community Health Management - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction Infertility is defined as the failure to achieve clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of regularly unprotected sexual intercourse According to a systematic analysis of National Health Survey2010 approximately 105 of women around the world experienced secondary infertility and roughly 2 experienced primary infertilityObjectives To analyse the risk factors for infertility in eastern part of North IndiaMaterials and Methods This crosssectional analytical pilot study was done from January 2018 to March 2018 as a schedule based survey involving 65 couples with infertility attending Sir Sunderlal hospital Varanasi UP that primarily caters to patients from eastern part of north India Sixty valid couples were analysedResults Seventy per cent couples resided in eastern UP and 60 belonged to middle socioeconomic status Treatment was sought 3 years by 867 Among a total number of 60 females partners in their reproductive age 1549 years 31 517 had primary infertility and 29 483 had secondary infertility The age group of 2738 years comprised of 533 females and 656 of these had secondary infertility Those females with regular menstrual cycles had a predominance of primary infertility 70 and irregular cycles was associated more with secondary infertility 667Conclusion Association of primary and secondary infertility was found with age menstrual irregularity hence these may be considered as risk factors BMI and amount of menstrual flow were not significantly associated with either types of infertility and need further evaluation in a larger studyKeywords Primary infertility Secondary infertility Risk factors North India
Authors and Affiliations
Lavina Chaubey, T B. Singh,, Kirti Kaithwas, Namita Doharey, Shilpa Chowdary Peddappolla
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