| Title |
A survey on depression among infertile women in Ghana
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Women's Health, March 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6874-14-42 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Abass Alhassan, Abdul Razak Ziblim, Sirina Muntaka |
| Abstract |
The desire of many young women to become parents may be influenced by the premium placed on children by society. In Africa, children are highly valued for social, cultural and economic reasons. Infertile and childless women in Africa are therefore confronted with a series of societal discrimination and stigmatization which may lead to psychological disorders such as anxiety and depression. Even though some research has been done on the prevalence of infertility in Ghana, very little is known about the psychological impact of childlessness among infertile women. The present study aimed to examine prevalence and severity of depression in relation to age, type of infertility and duration of infertility in Ghanaian infertile women. |
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| Student > Master | 39 | 16% |
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| Researcher | 22 | 9% |
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