Table 1 Comparison between infertile group and fertile group as regard sociodemographic and clinical variables (denominators indicate the respective proportions)
Variable | Infertile group/cases | Fertile group/controls | Chi-square | p-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total case n = 56 (%) | Cases with psychiatric illness n = 26 (%) | Total controls n = 102 (%) | Controls with psychiatric illness n = 16 (%) | ||||
Age in years | 18–25 | 7/56 (12.5) | 2/26 (7.7) | 14/102 (13.7) | 2/16 (12.5) | 0.61 | > 0.05 |
25–35 | 28/56 (50.0) | 14/26 (53.9) | 56/102 (54.9) | 9/16 (56.2) | 0.20 | 0.005 | |
35–45 | 21/56 (37.5) | 10/26 (38.4) | 32/102 (31.4) | 5/16 (31.2) | 6.39 | 0.01 | |
Duration of marriage (infertility) in years | < 8 | 37/56 (66.0) | 18/26 (69.2) | 78/102 (76.4) | 9/16 (56.2) | 23.22 | < 0.0001 |
> 8 | 19/56 (34.0) | 8/26 (30.7) | 24/102 (23.6) | 7/16 (43.8) | 0.25 | 0.61 | |
Educational level | Illiterate | 20/56 (35.7) | 11/26 (42.3) | 42/102 (41.1) | 6/16 (37.5) | 11.29 | < 0.0001 |
Primary | 13/56 (23.2) | 4/26 (15.3) | 28/102 (27.4) | 5/16 (31.2) | 0.86 | 0.35 | |
Secondary | 11/56 (19.6) | 5/26 (19.3) | 20/102 (19.6) | 4/16 (25.0) | 2.23 | 0.13 | |
Graduate and higher | 12/56 (21.4) | 6/26 (23.1) | 12/102 (11.7) | 1/16 (6.3) | 5.04 | 0.02 | |
Occupation | Housewife | 42/56 (75.0) | 22/26 (84.6) | 80/102 (78.4) | 12/16 (75.0) | 19.14 | < 0.0001 |
Employed | 14/56 (25.0) | 4/26 (15.4) | 22/102 (21.6) | 4/16 (25.0) | 0.53 | 0.46 | |
Domicile | Rural | 37/56 (67.0) | 21/26 (80.7) | 65/102 (63.7) | 11/16 (68.7) | 17.38 | < 0.0001 |
Urban/semiurban | 19/56 (34.0) | 5/26 (19.3) | 37/102 (36.3) | 5/16 (31.2) | 1.40 | 0.23 | |
Socioeconomic status (modified Kuppuswamy scale) | Upper | 5/56 (8.9) | 3/26 (11.5) | 4/102 (3.9) | 0 | 2.75 | 0.09 |
Upper Middle | 15/56 (26.7) | 7/26 (27.0) | 23/102 (22.5) | 4/16 (25.0) | 3.78 | 0.05 | |
Lower Middle | 20/56 (35.7) | 9/26 (34.6) | 43/102 (42.1) | 7/16 (43.8) | 5.94 | 0.01 | |
Upper Lower | 12/56 (21.4) | 5/26 (19.3) | 28/102 (27.4) | 4/16 (25.0) | 3.61 | 0.05 | |
Lower | 4/56 (7.1) | 2/26 (7.7) | 4/102 (3.9) | 1/16 (6.3) | 0.53 | 0.46 | |
Type of infertility | Primary | 49/56 (87.5) | 24/26 (92.3) | - | - | - | - |
Secondary | 7/56 (12.5) | 2/26 (7.7) | - | - | - | - | |
Cause of infertility | Female factor | 33/56 (58.9) | 18/26 (69.2) | - | - | - | - |
Male factor | 8/56 (14.2) | 2/26 (7.7) | - | - | - | - | |
Both male and female | 15/56 (26.7) | 6/26 (23.0) | - | - | - | - | |
Type of infertility treatment | Faith healer | 37/56 (66.0) | 18/26 (69.2) | - | - | - | - |
Drug therapy | 22/56 (39.2) | 10/26 (38.4) | - | - | - | - | |
IVF surgery | 14/56 (25.0) | 4/26 (15.3) | - | - | - | - | |
No treatment sought | 2/56 (3.5) | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
Oslo social support scale score | Minimal | 9/56 (16.0) | 6/9 (66.7) | 20/102 (19.6) | 2/10 (10.0) | 9.97 | 0.001 |
Good/fair | 27/56 (48.2) | 13/27 (48.1) | 53/102 (51.9) | 10/53 (18.7) | 7.48 | 0.006 | |
Strong | 20/56 (35.7) | 7/20 (35.0) | 29 /102 (28.4) | 4/29 (13.7) | 3.05 | 0.08 | |
Psychiatric diagnosis | Depression | 6/56 (10.7) | - | 2/102 (1.96) | - | - | |
Mania | - | 2/102 (1.96) | - | - | |||
Panic disorder | 8/56 (14.2) | - | 4/102 (3.9) | - | - | ||
Obsessive-compulsive disorder | 2/56 (3.5) | - | 2/102 (1.96) | - | - | ||
GAD/other anxiety disorders | 4/56 (7.1) | - | 3/102 (2.9) | - | - | ||
Somatization | 5/56 (8.9) | - | 2/102 (1.96) | - | - | ||
Suicidality | 1/56 (1.7) | - | 1/102 (0.09) | - | - | ||
No psychiatric diagnosis | 30/56 (53.5) | - | 86/102 (84.3) | - | 10.82 | 0.004 | |