The Impact of Psycho-Education on in Vitro Fertilisation Treatment Efficiency.

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  • Jana Belevska
چکیده

AIM The aim of the study was to examine the efficiency of psycho-education of candidates for the IVF in stress, anxiety and depression decreasing, and the impact of the psycho educative techniques on the successfulness of the treatment. METHOD A random sample of 64 candidates for IVF treatment is divided in two groups: control group without psycho-education (32 candidates) and intervention group of 32 candidates included in psycho-education. Depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS) was used as a psychometric test. It's a multiple choice, self-reported inventory for measuring the levels of stress, anxiety and severity of depression. For statistic evaluation SPSS software was used. RESULTS The study shows that the intervention group included in psycho-education has a signifycantly lower scores on stress (t = 3.201, p < 0.05) and anxiety (t = 2.311, p < 0.05). The scale of depression did not show differences in the two compared groups. However, the success of the IVF treatment is more common among candidates that were included in psycho-education. CONCLUSION In our country, psycho-education of candidates for in vitro fertilization is not systematically integrated in the treatment. The study showed the efficiency of psycho-education in anxiety and stress decreasing, as well as significant impact in the successfulness of the treatment. It was pointed out that psychological support of candidates for IVF is important for the lessening of the negative emotional reactions of candidates as well as for the successfulness of the treatment.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Prilozi

دوره 36 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015