The effects of cultural values in Turkey on infertility

6^th World Nursing and Healthcare Conference

August 15-17, 2016 London, UK

Ekin Dila Top, Sayime Yigitoglu and Oya Kavlak

Izmir Katip �?�?elebi University, Turkey

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Nurs Care

Abstract :

Pregnancy and parenting is considered as one of the substantial developmental steps of life in many cultures and the lack of fertility frequently creates a social stigma. The object of this research is to study the effects of cultural values on infertile women. This research having cross sectional and descriptive features has been held with 315 infertile women in a Family Planning, Infertility Application and Research Center of a University Hospital. The data has been gathered by using an individual description form that is prepared in accordance with the model named â�?�?Cultural Diversities and Universalityâ�? of Leninger. The age average of the women is 32.84�?±5.29, 31.1% of them are primary school graduates, 54.6% of them are housewives, 15.9% of them made kin marriage (they have undergone the infertility treatment for 4.27�?±3.53 years), and 87% of them have decided the treatment with their partners. 24.4% of the women specify that they cannot talk about infertility with their friends, 68.8% of them with their own relatives, and 61% of them with their partnersâ�?�? relatives, and that 15.6% of them draw reaction of their partnersâ�?�? families. The women expressed that they get quite sad when they find out that one of their kin is pregnant (51.3%) and they are primarily told to be treated (52%), and 56.8% of them state that the treatment should remain between partners and doctor, and in this period only their own families mostly support (26.3%). 30.2% of them define having no children as deficiency and not becoming a family, 50.5% of them live the fear of not having children, 49.6% of them feel pressure on themselves about infertility, and they describe the reason of this pressure as the compulsory disclosure of having no children to their relatives (22.3%), 42.9% of them have used a conventional method (abdomen vacuuming) to have children, 67.9% of them do not want to adopt and 21.3% of them think that having no children can affect their marriage. It is determined that one of the most important reasons for infertile women to have children is â�?�?becoming motherâ�? (41%). It is concluded that the cultural values in our society have negative effects on the infertile women, and it effects the emotional, social and family relations of women.

Biography :

Ekin Dila Top completed the Ege University Odemis Health School Department of Nursing in 2009. In 2012, she completed Master’s degree successfully at Adnan Menderes University, Health Sciences Institute, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing with thesis, whose title was “Effectiveness of Education on Reducing of Depression Symptom Level in Women During Postpartum Period” and she assumed the title of “Specialist Nurse”. In parallel with her post graduatation, she worked as clinical nurse in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic of Adnan Menderes University in Ayd�?±n. Between the years 2011 and 2013, she worked as the workplace nurse and between the years 2013 and 2014 in Ege University Faculty of Medicine Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Anesthesiology and Reanimation Intensive Care Unit as Clinical and Intensive Care Nurse. Since 2013, she is doing her PhD in Ege University Institute of Health Sciences Department of Obstetric and Gynocology Nursing. In 2014, she was appointed as an Instructor at the Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, Department of Obstetric and Gynocology Nursing.

Email: ekindilatop@gmail.com