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Trial reportJournal of behavioral medicine2010

Internet-based support for infertile patients: a randomized controlled study.

K Haemmerli, H Znoj, T Berger

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of behavioral medicine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Psychological and educational interventions for subfertile men and women.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016
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  12. Infertility patients' need and preferences for online peer support.Reproductive biomedicine & society online · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

K HaemmerliInstitute of Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Gesellschaftsstrasse 49, 3012, Bern, Switzerland. katja.haemmerli@ptp.unibe.ch
H Znoj
T Berger

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and patient acceptance of the first German-language Internet-based treatment for infertile patients. Infertile patients (N = 124) were randomly assigned to either an 8-week Internet-based cognitive-behavioral treatment, or to a waiting-list control group. Participants were assessed at treatment start, post-treatment, and at a 5-month follow-up. Outcome measures included mental health and pregnancy rate. From pre- to posttest, treated participants in contrast to controls did not show significant improvement, although between-group effect sizes were in favor of the intervention group on all mental health measures (Cohen's d ranged from 0.16 to 0.38). The intervention significantly reduced the depression level of clinically distressed and depressed participants. No effects were found regarding pregnancy rate. The treatment was assessed as positive or very positive by 80% of the participants; this finding coupled with the high demand for such support confirm that Internet-based interventions are a promising new approach for infertile patients that needs more development and testing.

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InternetSelf-AssessmentChi-Square DistributionCognitive Behavioral TherapyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansInfertilityLongitudinal StudiesMalePregnancyPregnancy RateProgram EvaluationStatistics, NonparametricTherapy, Computer-AssistedTreatment Outcome

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PMID20039196

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