AU - Farrokh-Eslamlou, Hamidreza AU - Hajishafiha, Masoumeh AU - Sadat Kazemi, Esmat AU - Oshnouei, , Sima TI - IMPACT OF PRIMARY INFERTILITY ON LIFE QUALITY IN URMIA, IRAN PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - URMIAMJ JN - URMIAMJ VO - 25 VI - 7 IP - 7 4099 - http://umj.umsu.ac.ir/article-1-2414-en.html 4100 - http://umj.umsu.ac.ir/article-1-2414-en.pdf SO - URMIAMJ 7 AB  -  Background & Aims: Primary infertility may affect communication skills, ‎occupational and physical health of women. The purpose of this research was to investigate the impact of ‎primary infertility on different domains of life quality in an Iranian community. ‎Materials & Methods: The research was performed on 60 primary infertile women seeking infertility treatment and 60 fertile women with similar sociodemographic characteristics. World Health Organization’s QOL-BREF ‎questionnaire was used to investigate health related life quality.Results: The sociodemographic characteristics between two groups were similar with no ‎significant difference, except menstruation. Compared with the fertile women, the women with primary infertility had significantly lower ratios of quality of life in both physical (P=0.04) and psychological (P=0.01) domains. There was no difference in physical and environmental domains of life quality between two groups.‎Conclusion: Women with primary infertility need psychological and social support to improve their life quality. SOURCE: URMIA MED J 2014: 25(7): 604 ISSN: 1027-3727 CP - IRAN IN - Reproductive Health Research Center, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran, Tel:+984433445138 LG - eng PB - URMIAMJ PG - 598 PT - Research YR - 2014