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Study conducted for assessing psychiatric disorders, stress, ways of coping in infertile couples and to ascertain their needs for professional mental health help to deal with same.

Psychiatric morbidity, perceived distress, coping and need for psychological intervention, in couples with infertility, undergoing assisted reproductive treatments -A Clinic Based study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2016/02/006649
Enrollment
300
Registered
2016-02-16
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-10-17

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- Primary infertility and Secondary infertility

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Self sponsored
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Persons who give consent for the study, Age 20 years to 45 years , Educated at least up to 10th standard and should be able to read and write Kannada. 2. Couples who are coming as new/old cases to MARC , with a of p/h/o diagnosis of primary or secondary infertility 3. Couples with h/o other psychiatric, medical, gynecological or urological conditions 4. Couples with p/h/o undergoing infertility investigations and procedures. 5. Undergoing ovulation induction, Intra uterine insemination and in-vitro fertilization, donor programs or planned for other surgical procedures at MARC.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Those who are not willing to participate

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Infertility distress: Assessed by Psychological Evaluation Test for infertilityTimepoint: Cross sectional Infertility distress

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Checklist for acceptability and need for psychological intervention: a) Need assessment questionnaire, prepared by investigator for use with local clinic population. b) Attitude Towards Seeking Professional Help Scale-short form (Fischer & Farina,1995)Timepoint: Cross sectionally;Coping strategies: a) Coping Strategies Inventory -CSI (Tobin,2001) b)Infertility Self- Efficacy scale (Cousineau, 2006)Timepoint: Cross sectionally;Kuppuswamys revised SES scaleTimepoint: cross sectional;Marital distress: Assessed by the revised Dyadic Adjustment ScaleTimepoint: Cross sectional;Psychiatric Morbidity: Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview(English version 5.0): Structured psychiatric interview, for assessing psychiatric disordersTimepoint: Cross sectionally;Self-report scale for assessing psychological morbidity : MOS Short Form Survey Instrument (SF-36)Timepoint: Cross sectionally

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactMs Ansha Patel

Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

psvn.sharma@manipal.edu0820-2922778

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026