title: Lived experience of infertile men with male infertility cause.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Approximately 15 percent of all the couples are involuntarily childless in reproductive ages. The ability to reproduce and give birth to a child is an important part of the human beings life; thus, infertility can cause anxiety for the infertile people. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate men's experiences from male infertility.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a descriptive phenomenological study. The data were collected using in-depth interview of ten infertile men. The interviews were taped and then transcribed on the paper for analyzing through seven-step Colaizzi method. Considering that in qualitative studies, study population is not considered, therefore there was no limitation in location for collecting the data and the participants selected from the infertile men of the society.
  
  
  RESULTS
  FOUR MAIN CONCEPTS WERE OBTAINED IN ASSOCIATION WITH INFERTILITY PHENOMENON: individual stress, challenges in communication, problems associated with treatment process and the effects of beliefs and religious attitude.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to the results of this study, it seems that all the different life aspects of infertile were affected by infertility. Thus, designing and conducting conductive and supportive programs plays an important role for providing better care for infertile men.
authors: Instructor, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors: Fariba
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