Examining the effect of the stress of assisted reproductive treatment (Intrauterine Insemination) on semen parameters prior to and on the day of intrauterine insemination

Alireza Kheradmand1, Hayat Mombeini2, Seyd Elahe Sadati3

Alireza Kheradmand Assistant professor of urology, Golestan Hospital, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

ABSTRACT

One of the factors responsible for male factor infertility comprises disorder in sperm count, motility, p Hand sperm morphology. Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) has been widely used for the treatment of infertile couples as a result of male factor infertility. The effect of psychological stress on men and women receiving IVF treatment has been extensively studied, but its effect on men having IUI has not been well known; therefore, this study aims to evaluate the association between the IUI process, which is consider edanacute psychological stress in infertile men, and changes in semen quality. The present paper is an epidemiological study carried out on men referred to the infertility clinic of Jahad Daneshgahi of Ahvaz. Of the patients referred to the clinic, 120 men, who were for the first time candidates for receiving IUI and met all the entry requirements of the study based on the initial sperm analysis results on the day of the visit as well as the prepared questionnaire on the day of IUI, were studied. Sampling was done twice with T1 being (the first visit) and T2 being (the day of IUI) within four weeks.

Keywords:

Sperm analysis, stress, intrauterine insemination, (IUI), sperm count, sperm motility.