Effect of Mindfulness-Based Group Counseling on Depression in Infertile Women: Randomized Clinical Trial Study.
Author: Kalhori F1, Masoumi SZ2, Shamsaei F3, Mohammadi Y4, Yavangi M5
Affiliation:
1Consultation in Midwifery, Department of Midwifery, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
2Mother and Child Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. Electronic Address: zahramid2001@gmail.com.
3Mother and Child Care Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
4Modeling of Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
5Endometrium and Endometriosis Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Conference/Journal: Int J Fertil Steril.
Date published: 2020 Apr
Other:
Volume ID: 14 , Issue ID: 1 , Pages: 10-16 , Special Notes: doi: 10.22074/ijfs.2020.5785. Epub 2020 Feb 25. , Word Count: 279
Background: Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) can lead to depressive symptoms in infertile women due to their low success and high costs. Mindfulness-based group counseling can decrease depressive symptoms by increasing mental concentration. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of mindfulness-based group counseling on depression in infertile women undergoing IVF.
Materials and Methods: The present clinical trial included 90 infertile women undergoing IVF treatment in an infertility center in 2016. Women were divided into two groups, intervention and control. Both groups completed a demographic questionnaire and the Beck depression inventory (BDI). Eight 90-minute sessions (two each week) of mindfulness-based group counseling were held with the intervention group, while the control group received treatment as normal. Following the intervention, the BDI was again completed by both groups. The data were analyzed and independent t tests and, paired t tests conducted at a significance level of P<0.05.
Results: No statistically significant demographic differences were observed between the two groups. Women in the control group had a somewhat lower depressive symptom score than the intervention group before the intervention. However, compared with before, the depressive symptom score among women in the intervention group decreased significantly (48%) (P<0.001) after the intervention. In contrast, the depressive symptom score in control women was higher after the intervention than before.
Conclusion: According to the findings of the present research, mindfulness-based group counseling is able to reduce depressive symptoms in infertile women under IVF treatment. Therefore, group counseling sessions are suggested for all depressed women undergoing infertility treatment (Registration number: IRCT2015082013405N14).
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KEYWORDS: Counseling; Depression; Female; Infertility; Mindfulness
PMID: 32112629 DOI: 10.22074/ijfs.2020.5785
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