The effectiveness of holistic-oriented psychological intervention on psychological health and pregnancy rate of unexplained infertile women undergoing IVF

Hossinie, Monir; Davoudi, Iran; Null, Null; Null, Null

doi:10.22055/psy.2018.21822.1802

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

¹ psychologist

² teacher

³ null

https://doi.org/10.22055/psy.2018.21822.1802

Abstract

Intoduction
The desire of having a child is one of the most important functions of family and is also a base for human survival. Infertility is considered as a failure that is accompanied by physical and psychological tensions in family and society as well. Different psychological methods have been already utilized to help infertile people. The holistic-oriented psychological intervention (HPI) is a new therapeutic plan with bio-psycho-social pattern that has been designed according to psychological problems and needs of infertile people. After determining tension factors this therapeutic plan chooses techniques with high effectiveness rate in solving the mentioned problems, using eclectic techniques. The aim of present study is to examine the effectiveness of HPT on psychological health and fertility rate in women with unexplainable infertility undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment (IVF).

Method
The design of this study was a quasi- experimental one with pretest-posttest of experimental and control group. Thirty infertile women, undergoing IVF treatment, were selected, using available sampling. The sample was selected from among patients who referred to Moatazedi Infertility Center, Kermanshah, Iran. They completed two subscales of three subscales of DASS-21 scale who got the above average score. They were randomly assigned to two groups (each group 15 subjects). The experimental group was treated by the holistic-oriented psychological intervention for 11 sessions of 120-minutes. The control group did not receive any intervention. Participants completed the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale before and after intervention and after one month later. The pregnancy rate was measured in two groups based on the β-HCG test result. Data were analyzed by SPSS software (version 21).

Results
The results of multivariate covariance analysis indicated that depression, anxiety and stress levels in the experimental group (p = 0.0001), significantly decreased in posttest group after holistic-oriented psychological intervention and this effect was observed and lasted in the one month follow up (p = 0.0001). The pregnancy rate in the experimental group was 46.7% and in the control group was 13.3% which were statistically significant (p <0.05).

Discussion
The results of this study showed that the holistic-oriented psychological intervention is effective in decreasing anxiety, depression and stress and increasing the psychological health and pregnancy rate of women with unexplainable infertility under In-Vitro Fertilization treatment.

Keywords

20.1001.1.22286144.1397.25.1.4.2

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Psychological Achievements

The effectiveness of holistic-oriented psychological intervention on psychological health and pregnancy rate of unexplained infertile women undergoing IVF

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Smeenk, J. M., Verhaak, C. M., Eugster, A., Van Minnen, A., Zielhuis, G. A., & Braat, D. D. (2001). The effect of anxiety and depression on the outcome of in-vitro fertilization. Human Reproduction, 16 (7), 1420-1423.

Volume 25, Issue 1 - Serial Number 19
June 2018
Pages 59-74

The effectiveness of holistic-oriented psychological intervention on psychological health and pregnancy rate of unexplained infertile women undergoing IVF

References

References

Smeenk, J. M., Verhaak, C. M., Eugster, A., Van Minnen, A., Zielhuis, G. A., & Braat, D. D. (2001). The effect of anxiety and depression on the outcome of in-vitro fertilization. Human Reproduction, 16 (7), 1420-1423.

Volume 25, Issue 1 - Serial Number 19June 2018Pages 59-74

Volume 25, Issue 1 - Serial Number 19
June 2018
Pages 59-74