2024, Vol. 7, Issue 1, Part A

Infertility is the inability of the couple to conceive after trying for one year. Infertility for women is the inability to deliver a baby to full term. Male infertility, also termed as male factor infertility is simply the man’s attribution or cause to a couple that has no ability to conceive. A pre experimental study was done to assess the effectiveness of information education and communication package on diagnosis of infertility among couples attending infertility clinic. The study was conducted at G.G Hospital- Fertility Research Centre, Nungambakkam, Chennai. The self-administered tool was used to assess the knowledge of couples regarding diagnosis of infertility. A total of 30 couples were selected using convenient sampling. After the pre-test couples were given with information education and communication package and after a week, the post-test was conducted with the same self-administered tool and the effectiveness of information education and communication package was measured. The result of this study highlighted the information education and communication package improves the knowledge on diagnosis of infertility among the couples.