The Effect of Virtual Reality-Supported Hypnofertility on Fertility Preparedness, Stress and Coping With Stress in Women Having In Vitro Fertilization
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 107
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Fertility Preparedness Scale for Women Receiving Fertility Treatment
研究概览
简要总结
This research was conducted to determine the effect of virtual reality-supported hypnofertility on fertility preparedness, stress and coping with stress in women having in vitro fertilization. At the end of research It has been determined that initiatives based on the hypnofertility philosophy increase the level of preparedness to fertility, decrease the stress level and provide effective coping with stress in women who had IVF treatment.
详细描述
It is estimated that the infertility affects 8-12% of all couples in reproductive age across the world. Various alternative methods were implemented for years for alleviating the stress which was felt by infertile women. The women in the process of infertility treatment make more efforts to be impregnated, their fertility preparedness is negatively affected and they need more psychosocial support. Upon the review of the relevant literature, it is discerned that there was a limited number of studies in which mind-body programs, namely, hypnofertility methods, were applied to the cases of infertility. In this research, in the first meeting with infertile women who would be assigned to the experimental group, the research objective was explained, and their consent to partake in the research was received in written and verbal format and pretest data were obtained. Later during in vitro fertilization, VR-supported hypnofertility treatment initiative which applied to the experimental group was implemented in four stages, namely, 'Stage 1 (the first folliculometry day)', 'Stage 2 (the second folliculometry day)', 'Stage 3 (oocyte retrieval stage)' and 'Stage 4 (embryo transfer stage)'. And posttest data were obtained at the end of last stage. Each process took 20 minutes on average. Meetings with infertile women who were assigned to the control group were held twice. In the first meeting, pretest data were collected. VR-supported hypnofertility treatment initiative was not applied to the control group, and posttest data were collected from the control group via the second meeting held on the same date as the fourth stage of treatment, namely, the day of embryo transfer. It is considered that the stress levels of women who are in the process of having IVF treatment will fall down and hence the fertility preparedness and the ability to cope with infertility stress will be positively affected by virtue of the effective use of hypnofertility method, which is still a new method in Turkey, by midwives and other health professionals.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Having IVF treatment
排除标准
- •Having IVF treatment
结局指标
主要结局
Fertility Preparedness Scale for Women Receiving Fertility Treatment
时间窗: Day 12
The scale is used for the assessment of the levels of stress experienced by infertile couples. As a Likert-type scale, it has three sub-scales in relation to personal, marital and social domains and contains a total of 14 items. 'Stress in personal domain' sub-scale contains six items, and the minimum and maximum scores to be obtained from it are successively 0 and 20 points. 'Stress in marital domain' sub-scale has four items, and the minimum and maximum scores to be obtained from it are successively 0 and 14 points. 'Stress in social domain' sub-scale is comprised of four items, and the minimum and maximum scores to be obtained from it are successively 0 and 12 points. A high score to be obtained from the sub-scale refers to the increase in the stress level.
The Copenhagen Multi-centre Psychosocial Infertility Fertility Problem Stress
时间窗: Day 12
The scale is used for the assessment of the levels of stress experienced by infertile couples. As a Likert-type scale, it has three sub-scales in relation to personal, marital and social domains and contains a total of 14 items. 'Stress in personal domain' sub-scale contains six items, and the minimum and maximum scores to be obtained from it are successively 0 and 20 points. 'Stress in marital domain' sub-scale has four items, and the minimum and maximum scores to be obtained from it are successively 0 and 14 points. 'Stress in social domain' sub-scale is comprised of four items, and the minimum and maximum scores to be obtained from it are successively 0 and 12 points. A high score to be obtained from the sub-scale refers to the increase in the stress level.
The Copenhagen Multi-centre Psychosocial Infertility Coping Strategy Scale
时间窗: Day 12
The scale contains 19 items and has four sub-scales. The minimum and maximum scores to be obtained from the sub-scale of 'active-avoidance' coping method which is comprised of four items are successively 4 and 16 points. The sub-scale of 'active-confronting' coping method contains seven items. The minimum and maximum scores to be obtained from this sub-scale are successively 7 and 26 points. The minimum and maximum scores to be obtained from the sub-scale of 'passive-avoidance' coping method which is comprised of three items are successively 3 and 12 points. The sub-scale of 'meaning-based' coping method contains five items. The minimum and maximum scores to be obtained from this sub-scale are successively 5 and 20 points. A higher score to be obtained from the subscale means that the method is used more when coping with with stress.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Çiğdem Erdemoğlu
Research Assistant
Adiyaman University