Stress, female infertility and cytokine levels.
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: N979- Female infertility, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/08/056071
- Lead Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Ansari Nagar New Delhi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1.All women attending, the Obstetrics and Gynecology department,
diagnosed with infertility( Primary and Secondary) 2.Those currently off treatment( drugs used to treat infertility)
3.Willing to participate in study.
1.Not willing to participate.
2.Female infertility patients with endometriosis
3.Female infertility patients who are currently on treatment
4.Patients suffering from severe medical, neurological and
psychiatric illnesses hindering understanding of the questionnaire
and active participation in the study
5.Patients suffering from inflammatory disorders like Rheumatoid
arthritis/Lupus/Other autoimmune disorders, where Interleukin/
Cytokine levels in blood samples are already raised, also those on
immunosuppressive therapy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Prevalence of psychological stress in female infertility <br/ ><br>2.Risk factors (including sociodemographic) for stress <br/ ><br>3. Correlation between stress & local (endometrial biopsy sample) & systemic proinflammatory cytokines in women with infertility. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Sample collection- July 2023 <br/ ><br>Data processing & analysis- August 2023
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Compare prevalence of stress between infertile & fertile women <br/ ><br>2. Compare the cytokine levels between infertile and fertile women <br/ ><br>3. Quality of life in female infertility patients as compared to control group <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Sample collection- July 2023 <br/ ><br>Data processing & analysis- August 2023