Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Psychological Distress and its impact on Marital Adjustment and Quality of Life among Infertile Women.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20221205056720N1

Enrollment

Registered

2023-02-06

Start date

2023-01-27

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-02-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Condition 1: Infertility related Psychological distress. Condition 2: Marital Adjustment. Condition 3: Quality of Life.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: This group will receive culturally adopted cognitive behavior therapy to decrease their psychological distress and to assess its impact on marital adjustment and qu

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Age

20 Years to 40 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All diagnosed married infertile women belong to South Punjab Pakistan aged 20 to 40 years will be included in this study. All women must be skilled in reading and writing. Infertile women who had been trying to conceive for between 1 to 2 years will be included in this study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The infertile women above age of 40 years will be excluded from this study. Women who can not read or write will excluded from sample of the study. Infertile women who are not taking any infertility treatment will be excluded from this study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To assess the effectiveness of Culturally adapted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to decrease the level of psychological distress of infertile women. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after the intervention and 6 weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale.;To assess the impact of applying Culturally adapted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on marital adjustment among infertile women. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after the intervention and 6 weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Dyadic Adjustment Scale.;To assess the impact of applying Culturally adapted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Quality of llife among infertile women. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after the intervention and 6 weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: FertiQol Scale.	—

Measure

Time frame

To assess the effectiveness of Culturally adapted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to decrease the level of psychological distress of infertile women. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after the intervention and 6 weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale.;To assess the impact of applying Culturally adapted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on marital adjustment among infertile women. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after the intervention and 6 weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Dyadic Adjustment Scale.;To assess the impact of applying Culturally adapted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Quality of llife among infertile women. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after the intervention and 6 weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: FertiQol Scale.

—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
To assess the other demographic variables that cause psychological distress among infertile women. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after the intervention and 6 weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Demographic sheet.	—

Countries

Pakistan

Contacts

Public ContactSarwat Sultana

The Islamia University of Bahawalpur

fa19e1pa001@iub.edu.pk+92 62 2502025

Outcome results

None listed

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