Impact of Expressive Touching During Embryo Transfer

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: IVF-ET
• Interventions: Procedure: Expressive touching

• Registration Number: NCT06590636
• Lead Sponsor: TC Erciyes University

Brief Summary

Infertile individuals report psychiatric symptoms and that their levels of anxiety and depression are significantly higher than in fertile controls .Thus,this study aimed to determine the effect of expressive touching during embryo transfer on the anxiety and pregnancy rate.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-06-05
• Primary Completion: 2023-09-05
• Study Completion: 2023-09-30
• Status Verified: 2024-09
• Study First Submitted: 2024-09-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-09-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-09-06
• Study First Posted: 2024-09-11
• Last Update Posted: 2024-09-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 64

Inclusion Criteria

• Having a diagnosis of primary infertility,
• Being over the age of 25 and under the age of 35
• Able to read and write Arabic,
• Women who will be applied assisted reproductive techniques such as IVF- ICSI-ET,
• Women with the same drugs and protocols used in IVF treatment was included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Women who have problems in understanding and perception,
• Having a diagnosis of secondary infertility wasn't included in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Infertile women	Expressive touching	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Scale	Anxiety levels in women were measured using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) both before and after the embryo transfer procedure. The assessments were conducted within 5 to 10 minutes of each other to capture the immediate impact of the procedure	The scale is a self-assessment questionnaire and, consists of 40 items rated on 4- point Likert scale. The scale consists of two sub-dimensions: the "state anxiety" has 20 items and is used to determine what is felt at a specific moment under certain conditions, and the "trait anxiety" has 20 items and is used to determine what has been felt in the last seven days. The scale includes reversed and non-reversed items. The score obtained from the reversed items is subtracted from the score obtained from the non-reversed items. Then, 50 points are added to this score for the state anxiety dimension and 35 points for the trait anxiety dimension, giving the total score. The score obtained from the two sub-dimensions ranges between 20 and 80. Higher scores indicate that the anxiety level is high

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Albasma a private IVF center; 🇵🇸 Gaza, Palestinian Territory, occupied