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    The Title of The Study: The quality-of-life level of infertile Palestinian Women & Men in West Bank, Palestine: A Cross-sectional Study.
    (Al-Quds University, 2024-08-24) Anwar Amin Mousa Hammad; أنوار أمين موسى حماد
    Background. infertility is not only a reproductive problem but also a societal and cultural issue especially in the Palestinian community. Previous studies concluded that infertility negatively influences the infertile individual and strongly affects the quality of life of those people. Aim. To assess the quality of life among infertile men and women who seek treatment at Razan and European fertility centers in Bethlehem and Ramallah- West Bank. Method. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was employed to implement this study by using online questionnaire. The target population was composed of infertile men and women who seeking infertility treatment in Razan centers in Bethlehem and Ramallah, Palestinian European fertility center in Ramallah in the West Bank, Palestine. Data was collected using a online questionnaire, a valid and reliable Arabic version of the “FertiQol international” questionnaire was used in the data collection. The questionnaire includes two sections: the socio-demographic characteristics, and the FertiQoL questionnaire subscale. A convenient sample of the participants (100 women and 100 men) were met at the centers as mentioned above and invited to participate in the study according to the inclusion criteria then the participants fill the online questionnaire after they received the link to the questionnaire. The data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version (25). Results. The study included a total of 200 participants, with an equal distribution of Men (50.0%) and Women (50.0%) Our findings indicate that the QoL of infertile women is better than infertile men. For infertile men and women, the 18-27 age group had significantly lower scores compared to the older age groups on all FertiQoL subscales (p<0.05). For infertile women, significant differences were found between job status and FertiQoL subscales in the Mind-Body, Relational, Social, Core FertiQoL, Treatment Tolerability, and Total FertiQoL. In contrast, for infertile men, statistically significant differences in the Relational, Core FertiQoL, Treatment Environment, Treatment Tolerability, subscales, and Total FertiQoL score were significantly higher for employed versus unemployed Men (p=0.037). In monthly economic status, for infertile men and women P- values were less than (0.05) in all subscales. For both infertile men and women, those who had successful pregnancies before scored significantly higher on all subscales (p= 0.001), except the social subscale for infertile women, there was no significant difference. For infertile Men, there were statistically significant differences between FertiQoL and type of infertility in the Social (p=0.01) and Core FertiQoL(p=0.03) subscales, for Women, there was a statistically significant difference in the Mind-body subscale (p=0.01), and Core FertiQoL subscale (p=0.05) only. For Men, there were statistically significant differences between FertiQoL and undergone in vitro fertilization in the Relational, Social, Core FertiQoL, and Treatment environment (p<0.0001) subscales, and infertile Women, in the Mind-body, and Core FertiQoL(p<0.0001) subscales.Conclusion. The infertile women and men evaluated their satisfaction with their QoL as good most of the participants evaluated their health and satisfaction with scores of more than 3 from 5, however, the infertile women had better QoL than infertile men. The QoL becomes better for infertile men and women by increasing in age, high education level, having a job, high family monthly income, and having previous successful pregnancies. No correlation was found between the QoL of infertile men and women and the type of infertility, duration of infertility, residence area, and the diagnosed cause of infertility. Infertility among Palestinians is a complex and multifactorial issue influenced by societal, financial, cultural, and political issues.