INFERTILITY AND IVF PREGNANCY: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY AMONG NORTH INDIAN WOMEN

POOJA SINHA; NISHA MALIK; RAVISHEKAR N HIREMATH; VIVEK GUPTA; NAMITA BATRA; FLORIKA DAS; PRIYANKA PATEL

doi:10.22159/ajpcr.2024v17i10.49752

Authors

POOJA SINHA Dept of Community Medicine, BLDEAs Shri BM Patil Medical College, Bijapur
NISHA MALIK Department of Community Medicine, AFMS, New Delhi, India
RAVISHEKAR N HIREMATH Department of Community Medicine, AFMS, New Delhi, India.
VIVEK GUPTA Department of Community Medicine, AFMS, New Delhi, India.
NAMITA BATRA Department of Community Medicine, AFMS, New Delhi, India
FLORIKA DAS Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India
PRIYANKA PATEL Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2024v17i10.49752

Keywords:

Infertility, In vitro fertilization, Pregnancy

Abstract

Objective: The aim of the study is to compare the reproductive, perinatal, and neonatal outcomes among women conceived by in vitro fertilization to those females conceived spontaneously.

Methods: It is an observational descriptive cross-sectional study. The data were collected for 1 year and 6 months. The study population consisted of 82 term females admitted under the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the hospital nearing termination who conceived after infertility. A semi-structured pre-designed questionnaire was used to collect the data.

Results: There was a significant difference in the mean age at conception of the patients who conceived spontaneously versus those who conceived after infertility treatments (p<0.001). The rate of cesarean section was higher in the group with a history of infertility (75%) with the rate being 35.7% in the spontaneous conception group (p=0.038). The neonatal outcomes were not significantly different in the two groups.

Conclusion: There is a need to analyze and compare patients on a larger scale, so as to decide if special algorithms are required to treat pregnancies conceived after infertility treatments.

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