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Conditions: Condition 1: depression. Condition 2: Stress. Condition 3: anxiety.
Other depressive episodes
Acute stress reaction
Generalized anxiety disorder
F32.8
F43.0
F41.1

Registration Number: IRCT20221108056434N1

Lead Sponsor: Gonabad University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 124

Inclusion Criteria

Having at least two years of infertility history
At least middle school education
Being the husband's only wife
Living with a spouse
Primary or secondary infertility of any cause
Women undergoing IVF or ICSI treatment
Being Iranian and living in the city of Mashhad
Age range 18-40 years

Exclusion Criteria

Existence of previous mental illness
Experiencing a stressful event in the past three months
Suffering from severe depression, stress and anxiety
candidate for pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)
Candidate for using donated egg, donated embryo and surrogate uterus
Participation in the same study in the previous IVF cycle
Smoking and alcohol addiction

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Depression. Timepoint: Before the intervention, 3 and 6 weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Dass-21 questionnaire.;Stress. Timepoint: Before the intervention, 3 and 6 weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Dass-21 questionnaire.;Anxiety. Timepoint: Before the intervention, 3 and 6 weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Dass-21 questionnaire.;Quality of life. Timepoint: Before the intervention, 6 weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire.

Secondary Outcome Measures