Comparison of Quality of Life and Uncertainty Intolerance in Infertile and normal women

Background and Aim : Infertility is a phenomenon that has a wide range of negative psychological consequences that can affect quality of life and personality traits such as uncertainty intolerance. The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of life and uncertainty intolerance in infertile and normal women.Methods : The study was causal-comparative. The statistical population of the study includes all infertile women in Urmia during the second 6 months of 1977. 35 infertile women and 35 normal married women were selected through available sampling method and completed the questionnaires of quality of life and uncertainty intolerance.Results : The results showed that there was a difference between the quality of life of infertile and normal women (P <0.05) and the quality of life of normal women was better. The results also showed that there was no difference between uncertainty tolerance in infertile and normal women (P <0.05).Conclusion : According to the results, it can be said that infertility has a negative effect on the quality of life of the affected women and reduces it. Therefore, emphasizing on the results can be provided by plans to improve the quality of life of this group of women.

Keywords:

Quality of Life , Uncertainty Intolerance , Infertile Women