Evaluation of The Effect of Fertility Support Education Given to Infertile Couples
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Celal Bayar University
- Enrollment
- 90
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Fertiqol Quality of Life Scale
Study Overview
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 Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •diagnosed with primary infertility
- •have not received fertility support training before
- •can speak Turkish
Exclusion Criteria
- •with psychiatric illness
Arms & Interventions
routine care
They will receive routine care.
fertility support training
The group will receive fertility support training.
Intervention: fertility support education (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Fertiqol Quality of Life Scale
Time Frame: 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
Time Frame: 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
Time Frame: 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
Time Frame: 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
Time Frame: two month
An increase in blood cortisol level indicates that stress increases, and a decrease indicates that stress decreases.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported