the prevalence of infertility and related factors in patients referred to infertility center in besat hospital, sanandaj, iran

Original article background: infertility is considered as a prominent health care issue. the present study aimed to determine the prevalence rate of infertility and certain factors relevant to it. methods: the current study was performed on every couple who visited the infertility center of besat hospital located in sanandaj city, iran, in a period between 2014 and 2015. the study population was comprised of 579 patients. a certain questionnaire was used for data collection. data was analyzed using stata ver.11 software. descriptive statistics as well as chi-square, t, and fisher’s exact tests were used. results: out of 579 cases, 372 ones (64.3%) showed primary infertility, and 207 cases (35.7%) had secondary infertility. the most prevalent cause of infertility in women was found to be in relationship with ovarian factors (33.5%), and in men, male factors were the first cause (30.2%). other observed causes of infertility were uterine factors (5.5%), tubular factors (12.8%), and unknown factors (18%). no significant relationship could be found between women’s age groups and the male factors of infertility (p = 0.813); while there was in fact a meaningful statistical relationship between women's age groups and ovarian factors (p = 0.001). conclusion: the current study shows that prevalence rates of primary and secondary infertilities were 64.3% and 35.7%, respectively. most commonly found causes of infertility in men were male factors, and in women, tubal, ovarian, and unknown factors.