Fertility Issues
Conditions
Brief summary
Effect of collaborative infertility counseling on coping strategies and marital satisfaction among women undergoing in vitro fertilization: a randomized control trial
Interventions
OTHERCollaborative infertility counseling
Collaborative infertility counseling for coping stratigies and marital satisfaction
Sponsors
Mansoura University
Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University
Port Said University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
20 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
This study will include a non-probability purposive sample of 136 infertile women undergoing IVF recruiting from the outpatient clinics according to the following inclusion criteria: * age 20 to 45 years * having a general health score below 28, * can read and write,
Exclusion criteria
include: * psychiatric problems, * previous assisted reproductive technology failure, * leave the intervention for any reason and * women suddenly experience severe traumatic or psychological events.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Coping strategies | Three Months | The Ways of Coping-Revised (WOC-R) questionnaire will be adopted from Folkman, Lazarus, Pimley, & Novacek, (1987) to evaluate women coping styles. It contains 31 items and 8 subscales graded by a 3-point Likert scale. It is divided into problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies. The problem-focused strategy includes 4 subscales: planful problem solving, seeking social support, accepting responsibility, and positive reappraisal. The emotional-focused coping strategy includes 4 subscales: confrontive coping, self-controlling, distancing, and escape/avoidance. The responses will be rated on a 3-point scale (0 = didn't use to 2 = used all the time). |
| Marital Satisfaction | Three Months | The Marital Satisfaction Index (MSI) was developed by Cheung & Hudson, (1982) to measure the degree of marital satisfaction. It consists of 25 items of which 13 are positively worded and 12 are negatively worded. The responses will be rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = None of the time, 2 = Very rarely, 3 = Sometimes, 4 = Most of the time, and 5 = All the time). The minimum and maximum scores of the MSI are 25 and 75, respectively. The higher score (above 30) indicates women's dissatisfaction. The GHQ-28 and FPI will be used to assess women's general health and perceived fertility-related stress respectively (Goldberg & Hillier, 1979; Sherrard, Newton, & Glavac, 1999). |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Primary ContactMohamed Zoromba, PhD
Outcome results
None listed