NCT06317571

Evaluation of The Effect of Fertility Support Education Given to Infertile Couples

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: Celal Bayar University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the this study was to evaluate the effect of fertility support education given to infertile couples before treatment.

Detailed description

Before the treatment, couples were given fertility support training for four weeks. After the treatment was completed, the couples' stress level and quality of life, women's self-efficacy, fertility readiness, cortisol levels and pregnancy outcomes were examined.

Conditions

• Infertility

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	fertility support education	In the first module, female reproductive organs, the occurrence of pregnancy and the effect of stress on fertility are explained to women using models and training booklets. The effects of affirmation, which is one of the ways to positively affect the consciousness, and imagination, visualization and relaxation techniques, which are ways to positively affect the subconscious, on body and reproductive functions are explained. In the second module, women and their partners were also trained, and the effect of lifestyle on reproductive health was explained through the second module training booklet. In the third module, an example of a one-week program in which they could apply the methods described in the training before starting their treatments was introduced. In the fourth module, treatment process was explained to women and the practices described in the training were shared, which they could do to relax during this process.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-03-15
• Primary completion: 2021-12-28
• Completion: 2022-08-10
• First posted: 2024-03-19
• Last updated: 2024-03-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)