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The effect of counseling on marital satisfaction

The effect of cognitive behavioral counseling on marital satisfaction of couples

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT2015100424340N1
Enrollment
120
Registered
2015-11-20
Start date
2015-04-21
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-02-22

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Conditions

marital satisfaction.

Interventions

Intervention 1: There was no intervention in the control group. Intervention 2: For the couples of intervention group, 5 counseling sessions for 2 hrs, conducted with one week intervals. 1-3 sessions
For the couples of intervention group, 5 counseling sessions for 2 hrs, conducted with one week intervals. 1-3 sessions conducted for couples together and 4,5 sessions conducted for men and women sep

Sponsors

Urmia University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: Living in Urmia; Passed at least one year and up to 5 years of marriage; First marriage of couples; optionally Marriage; availability during the month of intervention; Monogamous Men; Nonpregnant; Minimum education to read and write; No known chronic physical and mental diseases,according to clients expression; no diseases affecting sexual relations(Diabetes, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, respiratory disease, cancers, hypertension); no consumption of effective drugs on sexual performance(hypotensive drugs, cimetidine, digoxin, thiazide diuretics, antihistamines, barbiturates, amphetamines, diazepam, cocaine, progesterone, antidepressants); No history of any genital surgeries(including hysterectomy, breast surgery); No history of infertility; Non-participating couples in similar counseling sessions outside of research environments. exclusion criteria: become pregnant during the study; the occurrence of adverse events in the lives of couples(death of loved ones, accidents with disabilities).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Marital satisfaction. Timepoint: before entervention,One Month after intervention. Method of measurement: ENRICH marital satisfaction questionnaire.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactMaryam Hamedani

Urmia University of Medical Sciences

hamedani.maryam@ymail.com+98 81 3827 7973

Outcome results

None listed

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