DOI: 10.36347/sasjm.2016.v02i02.001

Pages: Page: 23-28

Infertility is inability to have a child without will, and with a broader definition, if a married couple, having sexual intercourse at least for a year without contraceptives, has not conceived it is considered to be a case of infertility. Aim of this study is to detect the frequency of infertility in the city of Isparta and to investigate general demographic and epidemiological properties of infertile individuals. Considering 15-49 aged population in Isparta city, a sample size of 3406 cases was calculated. Calculated sample size was distributed among districts of Isparta according to the age ratios of each district. Study included volunteers accepting to participate in study with signing informed consent form. Included cases were all from age of 15 to 49 and have been married for at least one year at the time they were included to the study. Participants completed a 28 questioned survey with face to face interviews to detect if they fit the primary or secondary infertility criteria. Cases, fitting the primary or secondary infertility criteria according to the first survey, completed another survey consists of 34 questions for women and 42 questions for men. Of 3406 cases included to the study, 1006 (29.7%) were male and 2400 (70.3%) were female. 7.7% of all 3406 cases (n=262) fit the infertility criteria. 170 of 262 infertile cases (64.9%) fit primary and 92 (35.1%) fit secondary infertility criteria. Sociodemographic features and information about pregnancy were taken into account in the manuscript.