title: Assessing the quality of life of infertile Chinese women: a cross-sectional study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess QoL of infertile Chinese women and determine the specific factors adversely affecting QoL for improving the care and treatment compliance of infertile women.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a cross-sectional study on a randomized, demographically matched, controlled population of infertile married Chinese women to determine their demographic, menstrual, family stress, and infertility characteristics and then applied the World Health Organization QoL Instrument (WHOQOL-100) to determine which factors would be associated with significant QoL differences between infertile women and their demographically matched fertile controls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Infertile women showed lower QoL scores in the facets of spirituality/religion/personal beliefs, self-esteem, financial resources, and accessibility to and quality of health and social care, as well as increased pain and discomfort, while also experiencing positive QoL adjustments in terms of mobility, daily living activities, work capacity, sexual activity, freedom, physical safety, security, and transport.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Married infertile Chinese women had significantly lower overall and comprehensive QoL scores, as well as higher anxiety scores, compared with fertile controls.
authors.affiliation: Endoscopy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
authors.forename: Su
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xiaoli
authors.affiliation: Endoscopy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.affiliation: Endoscopy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China. Electronic address: bjj0550@163.com.
authors.forename: Bao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Junjun
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, China.
authors.forename: Ding
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhaolian
authors.affiliation: Endoscopy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: Endoscopy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
authors.forename: Quan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.affiliation: Endoscopy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
authors.forename: Sun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wanli
authors.affiliation: Endoscopy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
authors.forename: Zhao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huali
authors.affiliation: Endoscopy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Endoscopy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Endoscopy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
authors.forename: Pan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
authors.forename: He
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xiaojin
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000523:psychology*; D008598:Menstruation; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011788:Quality of Life; D012449:Safety; D012649:Self Concept; D019529:Sexuality; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D029181:Spirituality; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology; D014186:Transportation; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Chinese; WHOQOL-100; infertility; quality of life