Relationship Between Marital Quality and Attitudes Towards Childbearing and Fertility in Married Women Referred to Comprehensive Health Centers in Kashan, Iran
Background & Aims Deciding to have children is based on the shared decision-making of the couples and their attitudes towards this issue. Several factors, including marital quality, can affect the couples’ attitudes towards having children. This study aims to determine the relationship between m...
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| Language: | fas |
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Iran University of Medical Sciences
2024-06-01
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| Series: | نشریه پرستاری ایران |
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| Online Access: | http://ijn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-3720-en.pdf |
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| Summary: | Background & Aims Deciding to have children is based on the shared decision-making of the couples and their attitudes towards this issue. Several factors, including marital quality, can affect the couples’ attitudes towards having children. This study aims to determine the relationship between marital quality and the attitudes towards childbearing and fertility in married women from Kashan, Iran.
Materials & Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted on 280 married women aged 15-49 who referred to selected comprehensive health centers in Kashan city, Iran, in 2021, who were selected using a multi-stage sampling method. The data collection tools were a sociodemographic form and the Persian versions of the revised dyadic adjustment scale (RDAS) and the attitudes toward fertility and childbearing scale (AFCS). Descriptive statistics were used to describe the data, and Pearson’s correlation test, t-test, analysis of variance, and Kruskal-Wallis test were used to analyze the data in SPSS software, version 16. The significance level was set at 0.05.
Results The mean age of women was 29.97±6.48 years. Their mean AFCS and RDAS scores were 71.64±15.33 and 50.52±10.94, respectively; both were above average. Also, there was a positive and statistically significant correlation between the AFCS and RDAS scores and their domains (P=0.001), except for the dimension “fertility requires the fulfillment of prerequisites”.
Conclusion The increase in marital quality can improve the attitude of couples towards childbearing and fertility. |
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| ISSN: | 2008-5931 |