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The Association of Psychological Well-Being and Fertility Intention in Parents of Children With Intellectual Disability: A Foundation for Reproductive Education Publisher



Sheidanik S1 ; Savabiesfahani M2 ; Ghamarani A3 ; Erfani A4, 5
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  1. 1. MSc Student of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Psychology and Education of Children with Special Needs, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Social Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Nipissing University, ON, Canada

Source: Journal of Education and Health Promotion Published:2021


Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Childbearing is an important event in a couple's life. The parents might have children with disability that affected on their well-being after the children's birth. Well-being considered as an important aspect of a couple's quality of life which may alter the future of their fertility. The present study was conducted to the association of psychological well-being and fertility intention in parents with educable intellectually disabled children. METHODS: The study was a cross-sectional descriptive research conducted on parents of children with intellectual disability (n = 386). Parents were selected randomly of schools of exceptional education and welfare. The data were collected using Ryff's scale of psychological well-being, demographic information, and fertility intention questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical tests including independent t-test, Chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U-test, and Logistic regression. RESULTS: The majority of parents (83.9%) reported the negative infertility intention. Despite the mean score of well-being in parents without fertility intention (75.71 ± 11.67) was lower than parents with fertility intention (76.90 ± 11.27), the difference was not statistically significant (P > 0.05). The logistic regression analysis indicated that the parents' age and number of children with intellectual disability were predictors of fertility intention (P < 0.05), and their increase decreased the fertility intention. CONCLUSION: It seems that the lack of difference in psychological well-being scores between the two groups of parents might be due to the equal severity of disability in children. The results also indicated parents' age and the number of children correlated with fertility intention. The findings can be used to advance counseling programs in the field of healthy reproduction for this group of parents. © 2021 Journal of Education and Health Promotion | Published by Wolters Kluwer-Medknow.
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