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To determine the predictive effect of depression, anxiety, and stress on life satisfaction among infertile patients. Correlation research design was employed for study purpose. The sample was taken from June 2019 to February 2020 from two cities Faisalabad and Lahore. Australian concept infertility medical center (ACIMC), Nasim fertility center (NFC) from Faisalabad and Lahore institute of fertility and endocrinology (LIFE) from Lahore was included in present study.160 infertile patients were approached and they were selected according to the purposive sampling technique. The patients filled upDASS-21 that identify the distribution of depression, anxiety, and stress features in infertile patients. The outcome variable of life satisfaction was measured using the Life satisfaction scale. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS-23version. The distributed frequencies were determined; to test the study hypotheses the multiple regression was utilized to explore the predictive effect. Among infertile patients’ majority of 117 patients were in the age category of 25-35 years (73.1 %). Most of patients belonged to upper class, (n = 111, 69.9 %). Most of the patients (n=82, 51.2 %) were experiencing infertility issues from 1-6 years. Correlation analysis showed that depression, anxiety, and stress had a negative relation to life satisfaction (p > .05). Prediction findings showed that only anxiety was found to be a significant predictor of life satisfaction and the value of R2 showed 41.1 % change in life satisfaction at a significant level (p >.01). Infertility issues are increasing all over the globe and it is considered as a most threatening chronic ailment that impacts marital relation. The study findings showed a significant impact of anxiety on the life satisfaction of infertile patients.

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