Effect of Collaborative Infertility Counseling on Coping Strategies and Marital Satisfaction

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Effect of collaborative infertility counseling on coping strategies and marital satisfaction among women undergoing in vitro fertilization: a randomized control trial

Official Title
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Effect of Collaborative Infertility Counseling on Coping Strategies and Marital Satisfaction Among Women Undergoing in Vitro Fertilization: A Randomized Control Trial

Conditions
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Fertility Issues

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Collaborative infertility counseling


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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This study will include a non-probability purposive sample of 136 infertile women undergoing IVF recruiting from the outpatient clinics according to the following inclusion criteria: age 20 to 45 years having a general health score below 28, can read and write, Exclusion criteria include: psychiatric problems, previous assisted reproductive technology failure, leave the intervention for any reason and women suddenly experience severe traumatic or psychological events.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 20 Years
Maximum Age: 45 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: women cases<br> | Other: Collaborative infertility counseling<br>* Collaborative infertility counseling for coping stratigies and marital satisfaction<br>* Other names: Counseling;|
| No Intervention: women control<br> | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Coping strategies | The Ways of Coping-Revised (WOC-R) questionnaire will be adopted from Folkman, Lazarus, Pimley, & Novacek, (1987) to evaluate women coping styles. It contains 31 items and 8 subscales graded by a 3-point Likert scale. It is divided into problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies. The problem-focused strategy includes 4 subscales: planful problem solving, seeking social support, accepting responsibility, and positive reappraisal. The emotional-focused coping strategy includes 4 subscales: confrontive coping, self-controlling, distancing, and escape/avoidance. The responses will be rated on a 3-point scale (0 = didn't use to 2 = used all the time). | Three Months | 
| Marital Satisfaction | The Marital Satisfaction Index (MSI) was developed by Cheung & Hudson, (1982) to measure the degree of marital satisfaction. It consists of 25 items of which 13 are positively worded and 12 are negatively worded. The responses will be rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = None of the time, 2 = Very rarely, 3 = Sometimes, 4 = Most of the time, and 5 = All the time). The minimum and maximum scores of the MSI are 25 and 75, respectively. The higher score (above 30) indicates women's dissatisfaction. The GHQ-28 and FPI will be used to assess women's general health and perceived fertility-related stress respectively (Goldberg & Hillier, 1979; Sherrard, Newton, & Glavac, 1999). | Three Months |