ReviewInternational journal of fertility & sterility2020
Effect of Mindfulness-Based Group Counseling on Depression in Infertile Women: Randomized Clinical Trial Study.
Review in International journal of fertility & sterility, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06996340 (Effects of White Noise on Pain, Anxiety and Comfort During in Invitro Fertilization), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effects of White Noise on Pain, Anxiety and Comfort During in Invitro Fertilization: a Randomized Controlled Trial
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effects of nursing interventions on anxiety and depression in infertile females undergoing assisted reproduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC women's health · 2025Pooled it
- The efficacy of psychological interventions for infertile women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC women's health · 2025Pooled it
- The effects of mindfulness therapy on infertile female patients: A meta-analysis.Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions promoting mental health dimensions in infertile women: a systematic review.BMC psychology · 2023Pooled it
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- The effect of mindfulness-based nursing support on the psychosocial status of women receiving infertility treatment: a randomized controlled trial.BMC women's health · 2025Trial
- Effect of Online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Psychological Distress and Pregnancy Rate in Infertile Women Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization.Obstetrics and gynecology international · 2026Article
- Music, imagery, and infertility: a qualitative inquiry into symptoms, treatments, and expressive therapies with infertility clinicians.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Mindfulness-based counseling for sexual relational concern in infertile women: A clinical trial protocol.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
- Chain mediation of rumination and anxiety state between mindfulness and depressed mood in infertile women.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Impact of psychological stress on ovarian function: Insights, mechanisms and intervention strategies (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2025Review
- Psychiatric Considerations of Infertility.Psychiatry investigation · 2024Article
- The influence of assisted reproductive technologies-related stressors and social support on perceived stress and depression.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Mindfulness improves the mental health of infertile women: A systematic review.Journal of public health research · 2023Review
- Women's quality of sleep and in vitro fertilization success.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAssisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) can lead to depressive symptoms in infertile women due to their low success and high costs. Mindfulness-based group counseling can decrease depressive symptoms by increasing mental concentration. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of mindfulness-based group counseling on depression in infertile women undergoing IVF. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe present clinical trial included 90 infertile women undergoing IVF treatment in an infertility center in 2016. Women were divided into two groups, intervention and control. Both groups completed a demographic questionnaire and the Beck depression inventory (BDI). Eight 90-minute sessions (two each week) of mindfulness-based group counseling were held with the intervention group, while the control group received treatment as normal. Following the intervention, the BDI was again completed by both groups. The data were analyzed and independent t tests and, paired t tests conducted at a significance level of P<0.05.
resultsNo statistically significant demographic differences were observed between the two groups. Women in the control group had a somewhat lower depressive symptom score than the intervention group before the intervention. However, compared with before, the depressive symptom score among women in the intervention group decreased significantly (48%) (P<0.001) after the intervention. In contrast, the depressive symptom score in control women was higher after the intervention than before.
conclusionAccording to the findings of the present research, mindfulness-based group counseling is able to reduce depressive symptoms in infertile women under IVF treatment. Therefore, group counseling sessions are suggested for all depressed women undergoing infertility treatment (Registration number: IRCT2015082013405N14).
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