CHARACTERISTICS OF PEOPLE WITH INFERTILITY IN INDONESIA REFLECTED IN FERTIQOL SCORES

ABSTRACT   This study aimed to assess the early psychometric condition of people with infertility in Indonesia using the Indonesian online Fertility Quality of Life (FertiQoL). The online FertiQoL was developed with the PT. Integra Inovasi Indonesia and aimed at women/men over 18 years of age who have problems with infertility, and have or have not undergone treatment and can be accessed on https://integra.web.id/fertiqol-int/ and is open to the public and is easily accessed via a personal computer/Smartphone. R project version 3.6.3 was used for data merging and statistical analyses, i.e. two sample t-test or ANOVA). There were 214 participants from all over Indonesia. There were three Sociodemographic factors that gave significant differences. The first was age on the Mind/Body, Social, Core FertiQoL and Total FertiQoL subscales; the second was education, on the Environment and Tolerability subscales; and the third was medical conditions on the Environment subscale. In group 4 there were participants who have undergone consultations, diagnostic tests, and infertility treatment. The results of the Indonesian version of the online FertiQoL showed that 32.72% of people with infertility experience mental disorders, namely depression (16.36%) and anxiety (16.36%).