Infertility and Depression: Frequency of Depression in Infertile Males

Background: There is a growing body of evidence that depression is linked to infertility.

The aim of this study was to look into the prevalence of depression in infertile men.

The research was conducted in a cross-sectional manner.

March 2016 to September 2018 is the duration of the project.

PUMHS Nawabshah, Pakistan, Department of Medicine

Materials and Methods: The sample included 385 infertile male subjects who registered for sperm analysis when they were young. The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale was used to measure depression. The information was gathered using a self-made proforma and analysed with SPSS version 20.

The researchers looked at 385 infertile males in particular. Individuals were 30.28+6.18 years old on average. Mild depression was seen in 34.8 percent of patients, mild depression in 18.2 percent, extreme depression in 8.1 percent of patients, and extremely severe depression in 9 (2.3 percent). When compared to those with normal sperm counts, cases with Oligospermia and Azoospermia had higher levels of moderate and extreme depression, but the findings were statistically insignificant (p=0.747).

Conclusions: There was a major association between infertility and depression in infertile males, according to the findings of this study. Depression was discovered in 64.6 percent of infertile males, with symptoms ranging from moderate to extreme.

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