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

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Infertility
• Interventions: Behavioral: fertility support education

• Registration Number: NCT06317571
• Lead Sponsor: Celal Bayar University

Brief 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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-03-15
• Primary Completion: 2021-12-28
• Study Completion: 2022-08-10
• Status Verified: 2024-03
• Study First Submitted: 2024-03-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-03-12
• Study First Posted: 2024-03-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-03-19
• Last Update Posted: 2024-03-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

• diagnosed with primary infertility
• have not received fertility support training before
• can speak Turkish

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Exclusion Criteria

• with psychiatric illness

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
fertility support training	fertility support education	The group will receive fertility support training.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Fertiqol Quality of Life Scale	two month	The scale evaluates quality of life. The core module consists of four dimensions: emotional, mind-body, relational and social, and the treatment module consists of two sub-dimensions: treatment environment and treatment tolerance. The total score of the scale varies between 0-100, and an increase in the total score indicates an increase in the quality of life.
Infertility Stress Scale	two month	This scale, which can be applied to both men and women, consists of three subscales and 14 items. The sub-dimensions of the scale are personal space, marital space and social space. A high score from the subscales of the scale indicates that stress has increased, while a low score indicates that stress has decreased.
Infertility Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form	two month	The scale was developed to evaluate the self-efficacy perceptions of infertile individuals about their cognitive, emotional and behavioral skill strengths. A 10-item short form of this scale, which consists of 16 items, was created in 2006. A minimum of 8 and a maximum of 32 points are obtained from the scale, and the higher the score obtained from the scale, the higher the perception of self-efficacy is considered.
Fertility Readiness Scale	two month	The scale consists of three sub-dimensions: "Hope and Awareness", "Positive Emotions and Thoughts", and "Ready Body and Brain". Getting a high score on this scale indicates strong fertility readiness. The minimum score from the scale is 23 points and the maximum score is 115 points. The median score of this scale is 56 and it is stated that this score can be taken as the cut-off value. A score of 56 points or higher from the scale indicates that the woman feels more ready for pregnancy.
Blood cortisol level	two month	An increase in blood cortisol level indicates that stress increases, and a decrease indicates that stress decreases.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Hafsa Sultan Hastanesi; 🇹🇷 Manisa, Turkey