Psychosocial and sociocultural aspects of infertility - a comparison between Austrian women and immigrant women

Bibliographic Data

ID4743990
AuthorsJulia Schmid (0000-0001-6683-9384, University of Vienna), Kirchengast (0000-0002-3220-7271), Sylvia Kirchengast, Elisabeth Vytiska-Binstorfer, Elisabeth Vytiska‐Binstorfer, Johannes Huber (0000-0001-7243-8958), Johannes C Huber
Year2004
Volume62
Issue3
Pages301-309
Publication date2004-09-04
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropologischer Anzeiger (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-5548 • E-ISSN: 2363-7099
PublisherS ch we iz er ba rt (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1127/anthranz/62/2004/301
PMID15509089
OpenAlexW2408793317
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited5

The polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder affecting female fertility. In this study we examined psychosocial parameters caused by infertility in PCOS women with different socio-cultural background. Symptomatology of PCOS, body composition characteristics as well as psychosocial parameters were examined in 49 PCOS infertility patients of the University Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics in Vienna, who originated from two different socio-cultural subgroups--Austrian women and Moslem immigrant women. In the appearance of the symptoms the typical heterogeneity of PCOS could be found in both subgroups with no differences. However, differences in the psychosocial aspects were impressive. Women from Islamic background do have a very high reproductive pressure. The Moslem immigrant PCOS women suffer more from infertility than Austrian women do.

Biology · Childlessness · Environmental health · Fertility · Gynecology · Immigration · Infertility · Political science · Population · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Sociology · Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Medicine · Ovarian function and disorders · Psychology · Reproductive Biology and Fertility