Psychological Problems among Infertile Couple with and without In vitro Fertilization Procedure: Comparative Study

A Descriptive comparative study design was used in this study aims to assess the psychological problems among infertile couple with and without IVF and to find out the relationship between infertile couple psychological problems and their demographic characteristic. The period of study is from 15^th October 2017 to 18^th September 2018. A Non-Probability (convenience sample) sampling of (100) infertile couple (100 wives and 100 husbands) have been selected from the Fertility Center in AL-Sadder Medical City in AL-Najaf Al-Ashraf province. The questionnaire consists of two parts; demographic characteristics and psychological scale (General Health Questionnaire-28). The data are collected through the utilization of the developed questionnaire by using an interview technique with patients. The result of the study show that most of the infertile wives were at age group (25–32) years (46%), while infertile husbands were at age (36–43) years (42%), duration of marriage (2–13) years), duration of infertility (1–10), and most of them had primary infertility. Also the result of the study show that most of the wives with and without IVF had psychological problems more than husbands. Also there are psychological problems among infertile couple without IVF more than couple with IVF.