Family Medicine & Primary Care Review

Abstract

4/2021 vol. 23
Original paper

The relationship between spiritual well-being, mental health, and quality of life in infertile women

Zahra Beygi 1
,
Namavar Jahromi Bahia 2
,
Firoozeh Nourimand 3
,
Zeynab Amoozandeh 4
,
Sedighe Forouhari 5
  1. Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Islamic Azad University Meybod Branch, Yazd, Iran
  2. Infertility Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
  3. Vali Asr Educational Hospital, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
  4. Department of Midwifery, Estahban Branch, Islamic Azad University, Estahban, Fars, Iran
  5. Infertility Research Center, Research Center of Quran, Hadith and Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2021; 23(4): 412–416
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2021.110353
Online publish date: 2021/12/30
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Background

Spiritual well-being and mental health can be regarded as highly important in infertile women.

Objectives

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between spiritual wellbeing, mental health and quality of life in infertile women.

Material and methods

In this cross-sectional study, the statistical population of the study consisted of infertile women who referred to hospitals in Shiraz, among whom 247 subjects participated in the study. Paloutzian and Ellison’s Questionnaire of Spiritual Well-Being, Mental Health, Quality of Life and Economic Situation was used in this study. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics methodology, including mean and frequency in the form of tables, charts and Spearman’s Correlation Tests.

Results

Mental status has a statistically significant relationship with spiritual well-being (p = 0.001). Mental health has a statistically significant relationship with mental status (p = 0.001). There was a statistically significant relationship between belief status and spiritual well-being (p = 0.001). The relationship between belief status and mental health was statistically significant (p = 0.001). There was a statistically significant relationship between economic status and belief status (p = 0.001). There was a statistically significant relationship observed between the quality of life and mental status (p = 0.001). Quality of life was seen to have a statistically significant relationship with mental health (p = 0.001). The results also demonstrated that quality of life has a statistically significant relationship with belief status (p = 0.01).

Conclusions

Well-being can help improve the mental status of infertile women. Religious beliefs can guarantee spiritual well-being, and if infertile women have appropriate mental health, their quality of life will increase.

Keywords

infertility, mental health, quality of life, women

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