NCT01406028

Does Emotional Support Decrease In Vitro Fertilization Stress?

Does Emotional Support During the Luteal Phase Decrease the Stress of IVF?

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 131 (actual)
• Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In vitro fertilization for infertility has been associated with a significant amount of treatment related stress for patients. In addition,stress levels increase between embryo transfer and pregnancy test, during this waiting period. The investigators evaluated whether or not brief interventions by phone by trained social workers influenced stress levels. Our data showed that these interventions did not change levels, but confirmed that stress did increase during this time and that patients report wanting additional emotional support to improve stress during this period.

Conditions

• In Vitro Fertilization
• Psychological Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Phone calls	Phone calls to offer emotional support

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-09-01
• Primary completion: 2010-05-01
• Completion: 2010-06-01
• First posted: 2011-07-29
• Last updated: 2011-07-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States