Condition 1: Anxiety. Condition 2: Stress. Condition 3: Quality of sleep. Condition 4: Depression. Anxiety disorder due to known physiological condition Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disorders Insufficient sleep syndrome Major depressive disorder, single episode
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: In this group, participants are taught to write for 3 days, every day for 20 minutes , their deepest feelings and worries and thoughts about not having a child and
Sponsors
Esfahan University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Willingness to participate in the study Diagnosed infertility Candidate for assisted reproductive therapy Married Anxiety and depression scores above 10 and sleep quality score above 5 Age of 18 - 45 years Having high school diploma or higher education
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Infertile women candidate for surrogacy or ovule donation Infertile women with severe anxiety and depression scores Infertile women referring to a psychologist or psychiatrist during study Infertile women participating simultaneously in other researches related to the treatment of anxiety, depression, stress, and sleep disorders
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Depression. Timepoint: Before expressive writing , Immediately after expressive writing, and 2 weeks after expressive writing. Method of measurement: Using Depression questionnaire DASS-21.;Anxiety. Timepoint: Before expressive writing , Immediately after expressive writing, and 2 weeks after expressive writing. Method of measurement: Using Anxiety questionnaire DASS-21.;Stress. Timepoint: Before expressive writing , Immediately after expressive writing, and 2 weeks after expressive writing. Method of measurement: Using Stress questionnaire DASS-21.;Quality of sleep. Timepoint: Before expressive writing , Immediately after expressive writing, and 2 weeks after expressive writing. Method of measurement: Using Sleep quality questionnaire of Pittsburg. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactTahmineh Dadkhahtehrani
Esfahan University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed