Assess the Perception and Acceptance of Treatment for Impaired Fertility among Males attending Infertility Clinic at Selected Hospital in Chennai: A Descriptive Study

Abstract

Fertility has been one of men’s desired attributes since the beginning of recorded history and remains a driving need for young couples today. Men are directly responsible for about 30-40% of infertility. One of the most difficult aspects of primary infertility treatment for the couple is to decide when to stop. Because infertility treatment processes often involves repeated therapies and creates further stress and disappointment. Quantitative descriptive approach design was used. 150 men were selected as the study subjects by convenient sampling. The tool used for the study was rating scale and structured questionnaire. This study assessed the perceptions and acceptance of treatment towards the male infertility. There was a positive moderate relationship (p<0.05) between perception and acceptance of treatment by infertile men. The study identifies that the men who are more educated, long period of infertility and more years of treatment are significantly associated with level of perception and the more income, long infertile period and the late marriage are significantly associated with level of acceptance of treatment. The study concluded that majority of the men perceived moderate level of perception but are irregular in accepting the treatment towards the infertility.

Keywords: Impaired fertility, perception, acceptance, demographic variables