From physical to financial infertility: A grounded exploration of consequences of infertility among infertile female

Background: The infertility is a stressful event in the human life and is now considered as a relatively common problem among couples. According to world statistics, a couple out of every eight couples is struggling with the infertility.Objective: The present study aimed to investigate physical and financial aspects of infertility in infertile female referring to Yazd Reproductive Sciences Institute.Materials and Methods: 21 females were selected and studied using a qualitative approach, the grounded theory, and the theoretical sampling. The sampling process continued until the data saturation. Data was collected and analyzed using the open and axial coding.Results: The research findings included 14 main categories namely high medical expenses; travel expenses; lack of facilities; stress and financial concerns; strategies for attracting financial resources; inequality of income and expenses; treatment abandon; side effects of drugs; negative effects on the hair growth; skin complications; drug inefficacy; voracious appetite; body vulnerability; and negative effects of aging as well as a core category called expenses of parenting. Conceptual and paradigmatic tables were consequently presented.Conclusion: The explanation of results generally indicated physical and financial problems in the target population leading to a double burden on them.

Keywords:

Infertile female , Physical problems , Financial problems , Infertility