Assessment of Family Function Impact on Depression Severity Among Infertile Women Attending a Teaching Hospital in South-South Nigeria

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of respondents.

Variables	Frequency (F)	Percent (%)
Age range
20–24	6	1.8
25–29	22	6.5
30–34	87	25.5
35–39	114	33.4
≥40	112	32.8
Marital status
Single	2	0.6
Married	339	99.4
Type of marriage
Monogamous	305	89.4
Polygamous	36	10.6
Level of education
None	2	0.6
Primary	42	12.3
Secondary	104	30.5
Tertiary	193	56.6
Employment status
Not employed	78	22.9
Employed	263	77.1
Religion
Christianity	331	97.1
Islam	10	2.9
Ethnicity
Bini	110	32.3
Esan	45	13.2
Etsako	14	4.1
Igbo	54	15.8
Yoruba	26	7.6
Urhobo	68	19.9
Others	24	7.0

Table 2. Gynecological characteristics of the respondents.

Variables	Subgroups	Frequency (F)	Percent (%)
Parity	Nulliparous	230	67.4
	Parous	111	32.6
Respondents’ number of living children	None	246	72.1
	One to two	95	27.9
Respondents’ infertility type	Primary	113	33.1
	Secondary	228	66.9
History of previous abortion(s)	No	124	36.4
	Yes	217	63.6

Figure 1. Pie chart showing the prevalence of depression among the respondents.

Figure 2. Bar chart showing severity of depression.

Table 3. Risk factors for depression among respondents.

Characteristic	Depression		p-value	OR (95% CI)
	Present n (%)	Absent n (%)
Age group (years) – Less than 35 – 35 and above	47 (40.9) 88 (43.4)	68 (59.1) 128 (56.6)	0.659	1.11 (0.68–1.79)
Type of family – Monogamous – Polygamous	123 (40.3) 22 (61.1)	182 (59.7) 14 (38.9)	^† 0.017	2.33 (1.09–5.01)
Family functioning – Dysfunctional – Good functioning	69 (48.9) 76 (38.0)	72 (51.1) 124 (62.0)	^† 0.044	0.64 (0.40–1.01)
Husband support – Dysfunctional – Good functioning	56 (52.3) 89 (38.0)	51 (47.7) 145 (62.0)	^† 0.013	0.56 (0.34–0.91)

† Statistically significant.

OR: Odd ratio.

Table 4. Factors influencing the severity of depression among respondents.

Characteristic	Severity of depression			p-value
	Mild n (%)	Moderate n (%)	Severe n (%)
Age group (years) – <35 – 35 and above	28 (59.6) 65 (66.3)	14 (29.8) 30 (30.6)	5 (10.6) 3 (03.1)	0.170
Type of family – Monogamous –Polygamous	81 (65.8) 12 (54.5)	36 (29.5) 8 (36.4)	6 (4.8) 2 (9.1)	0.526
Family functioning – Dysfunctional – Good functioning	33 (47.8) 60 (78.9)	30 (43.5) 14 (18.4)	6 (8.6) 2 (2.6)	^† <0.001
Husband support – Dysfunctional – Good functioning	20 (35.7) 73 (82.0)	30 (53.6) 14 (15.7)	6 (10.7) 2 (02.2)	^† <0.001

† Statistically significant.