Infertility in Mazandaran Province - North of Iran: an Etiological Study

Overview

Journal Iran J Reprod Med

Specialty Reproductive Medicine

Date 2014 Oct 31

PMID 25356077

Citations 11

Authors

Abbasali Karimpour Malekshah

Amir Esmailnejad Moghaddam

Narges Moslemizadeh

Sepideh Peivandi

Ayyub Barzegarnejad

Nadali Musanejad

Gholamali Jursarayee

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Abstract

Background: The prevalence and etiology of infertility are not similar in different parts of the world. There are only few reports of this topic in Iran.

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the clinical patterns and major causes of infertility in Mazandaran province in north of Iran.

Materials And Methods: The medical records of 3734 consecutive couples attending two infertility clinics in Mazandaran province, from 2003 to 2008, were reviewed. The couples had not had a viable birth after at least 1 year of unprotected intercourse and were fully investigated.

Results: Of the entire samples, 78.7% had primary infertility and 21.3% had secondary infertility. The mean duration of infertility in couples was 5.7±4 years. The etiology of infertility in couples revealed; male factor in 38.9%, female factor in 34.7%, combined factors in 14.6% and undetermined cause in 11.8%.

Conclusion: In this study, delayed attendance of infertile couples to the infertility clinic was found. Therefore, there is a need to revise public health program on infertility to focus on the education and prevention of infertility and its risk factors.

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