NCT05585242

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Adapted for Women With Infertility-related Distress

Randomized Control Trial of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Adapted for Women With Infertility-related Distress

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Regina · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 42 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This RCT will test the effect of a 7-week self-help ACT-based program in improving fertility-related quality of life and psychological flexibility, in women with infertility.

Detailed description

Ninety women with infertility living in Canada and the United States will be recruited. They will be emailed seven weekly 15-minute videos, each providing instructions on a new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based technique that addresses the impact of infertility on psychological inflexibility and distress. Fertility-related quality of life and psychological flexibility will be measured before and after the program. Outcomes will also be measured at one-month follow-up. Feedback about how to improve the program will also be collected.

Conditions

• Infertility, Female

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Infertility ACTion Program	Seven 15-minutes videos of Acceptance and commitment therapy adapted for women with infertility with assigned homework and summaries of the videos.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-13
• Primary completion: 2023-11-01
• Completion: 2023-12-01
• First posted: 2022-10-18
• Last updated: 2025-04-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada