Anxiety during pregnancy of women treated with assisted reproductive methods.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: The purpose of mindfulness is that a person who is facing the stress of motherhood can learn meditation based on mindfulness and this makes a person as a mother awa
Sponsors
Yazd University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
20 Years to 40 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1- Pregnant women with a history of infertility and treated with assisted reproductive methods 2- Use at least one or more assisted reproductive methods (IVF-IUI-ICSI and...) 3- The ability to use online counseling and have an Android or iOS smart phone 4- Willingness to participate in the study 5- The ability to understand and speak Persian 6- Cooperation in doing homework 7- Having a minimum education at middle school level 8- Pregnancy age 20 weeks and later
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Having mental disorders and being treated for mental disorders Simultaneous participation in another study Receiving psychological services at the beginning of the study Having pregnancy-related disorders such as threatened Abortion, Preeclampsia, Threatened premature birth, etc. Suffering from systemic diseases based on the pregnancy record (Chronic diabetes, Chronic hypertension, Thyroid disease, Cardiovascular disease, etc.) Abnormality in the fetus Experiencing a severe mental crisis during the past 6 months, such as the Death of Parents and... Drug and Alcohol addiction Having a disabled child or Having a disabled child in the family Having a history of abortion Existence of severe anxiety based on the Vandenberg questionnaire
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pregnancy anxiety score of women treated with assisted reproductive methods before, immediately and one month after the intervention in two experimental and control groups. Timepoint: The effect of mindfulness counseling in a virtual way on the level of anxiety during pregnancy of women treated with assisted reproductive methods before, immediately and one month after the intervention in two experimental and control groups. Method of measurement: The researcher will select 64 women among pregnant women with a history of infertility and treated with assisted reproductive methods based on the entry and exit criteria using the random number table method using online software (www.Random.org/sequences). And patients are assigned to two intervention groups (mindfulness counseling) and control group. Again, each group is divided into two subgroups by a simple random method (4 subgroups of 16 people in two groups). Informed and voluntary consent is obtained from the participants. Then, the demographic and gynecology and obstetrics questionnaire related to the current pregnancy of the participants, which includes: questions about age, infertility period, gestational age, education level, occupation, spouse's education level, spouse's occupation, adequacy of family income for living expenses, place of residence satisfaction with life, the type of treatment methods and the frequency of treatment failure. Also, Vandenberg Pregnancy Anxiety Questionnaire is completed by the participants of both groups through Prasline software before starting the intervention.Vandenberg pregnancy anxiety questionnaire is completed again by both groups. The follow-up period of this research is one month later, when the Vandenberg pregnancy anxiety questionnaire is completed again by both groups, and then the obtained data are entered and analyzed in the statistical software SPSS version 22. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactFatemeh Solimany Monfared
Yazd University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed