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- Title
Effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on improvement of perceived stress and infertility in infertile women undergoing IVF irrational cognitions.
- Authors
Dortaj A.; Mehdizadeh A.; Dortaj H.
- Abstract
Introduction: Effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on improvement of perceived stress and infertility in infertile women undergoing IVF irrational cognitions. Materials and Methods: This clinical trial with pre-test post-test was done in 1331 infertile women referred to the Reproductive Health Research Center, Crescent Hospital, UAE who were treated with IVF. In total, 24 infertile women filled an irrational cognitions questionnaire related to childbearing and infertility. They were divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received mindfulnessbased cognitive therapy for 8 sessions of 2 hr each. The control group did not receive any mental health services. Those two questionnaires were completed before and after the intervention. Data were analyzed by SPSS and p<0.05 was considered significant. Results: There were no significant differences between the experimental and control groups in terms of reduction of perceived stress of infertility. But, the improvements in the recognition of irrational for childbearing between two groups was significantly different. Conclusion: Teaching mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on improvement of perceived stress and irrational cognitions related to fertility in infertile women undergoing IVF treatment is effective.
- Publication
Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 2015, p74
- ISSN
1680-6433
- Publication type
Academic Journal