Experience of Married Couples With Infertility: A Scoping Review

Abstract

Infertility is a disease of the male or female reproductive system characterized by failure to achieve pregnancy after 12 months or more of having regular unprotected sexual intercourse. This causes medical and psychosocial problems in infertile couples. The scoping review carried out aims to find out how the experience of married couples with infertility events using PRISMA-ScR. Search
for articles starting from January 2023 - February 2023 with the inclusion criteria of original articles, articles published in English, articles published from 2013-2022, articles that discuss the experiences of married couples experiencing infertility, free full text, open access. Exclusion criteria included review articles, opinion articles, organizational documents/guidelines. The databases used were
PubMed, EBSCO, Willey Online Library and Science Direct with a total of 13 articles reviewed. Three main themes were found, namely the impact of infertility on couples, factors affecting the care of infertile couples and coping strategies for infertile couples. The conclusion of this study is that couples who experience infertility experience negative social stigma, experience psychological disorders and physical and spiritual impacts. Infertile couples also experience obstacles in medical treatment. In addition, the best coping strategy for infertility is the support of your partner and those closest to you.