A Comparative Analysis Of Self- Esteem And Psychological Adjustment In Women Attending The Fertility Andfamily Planning Clinics Of The Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri

📄 Project Abstract

Recent studies have consistently shown that the experience of infertility is linked with emotional responses such as depression, anxiety, guilt, social isolation and decreased self-esteem in the couples. The aim of this study was to evaluate the self-esteem and emotional health of women with infertility. The Index of Self-esteem (ISE), Fertility Adjustment Scale (FAS), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were administered to 357 infertile and 381 fertile women The fertile women attending family planning clinic reported higher degree of self-esteem compared to those who were attending the infertility clinic (X2 =7.12, P =0.008). More subjects attending infertility clinic (93%) reported poor adjustment, as compared with (72.5%) of those attending family planning clinic; (X2 =53.65, P <0.0001). Subjects attending infertility clinic indicated higher psychiatric morbidity (52.9%) as compared with those attending family planning clinic (32%...