ArticleJournal of education and health promotion2022
The effectiveness of reality therapy on sexual satisfaction and marital intimacy of infertile women.
Article in Journal of education and health promotion, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- A systematic review of counselling approaches and their impact on marital intimacy among women and couples experiencing infertility.BMC psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Infertility-related stress and marital intimacy among infertile couples undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment in Western Iran: A cross-sectional study.European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X · 2025Article
- Psychosexual empowerment strategies in infertile women: A systematic review.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundInfertility is one of the most important challenges in the modern life that can damage the sexual satisfaction and marital intimacy of couples. The present study was aimed to investigate the effectiveness of reality therapy on sexual satisfaction and marital intimacy of infertile women. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis quasi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design and follow-up. The statistical population was infertile women who were referred to Imam Sajjad Shahriyar Hospital in 2019-2020. 15 infertile women selected by purposive sampling and underwent reality therapy (8 sessions of 90 min). Data were collected using index sexual satisfaction (ISS) and marital intimacy questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using SPSS-24 software, analysis of variance with repeated measures and
resultsThe results of analysis of variance showed that there was a significant difference between the scores of sexual satisfaction and marital intimacy in posttest and follow-up stages compared to pretest (
conclusionsBased on the results, reality therapy can be used as an effective intervention to improvement sexual satisfaction and marital intimacy of infertile women.
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