Efficacy of Group Reality Therapy on Anxiety in Infertile Women Undergoing Treatment with Assisted Reproductive Techniques IUI

Habibeh Soltanzadeh Mezreji,Hassan Toozandehjani

doi:10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n3s3p127

Abstract

Infertility is a complex crisis in the lives of infertile couples and a source for anxiety in these individuals. Reaction to infertility by negative psychological reactions including incompetent individual, marital and relationship problems and disorders, is observed. The present study examined the efficacy of group reality therapy on in infertile women undergoing treatment with assisted reproductive techniques (IUI) in Mashhad. For this purpose, of infertile women attending NOVIN infertility clinic in Mashhad to treat Intrauterine Insemination (IUI), 60 subjects volunteered by the SpielbergerAnxiety Inventory were evaluated. Then 40 patients by simple random selected and randomly divided into two experimental (n = 20) and control (n = 20) groups. Group reality therapy in the experimental group were administered over 10 sessions 1 and half hour. The control group received no intervention. Both groups after treatment and before IUI, were tested again. The results of the statistical parameters (such as t-independent group, covariance analysis) were analyzed. Findings showed, the group reality therapy interventions to reduce anxiety within the experimental group significantly (p

Highlights

Infertility is defined as not having a child after one year of regular intercourse without using any contraceptive method (Mohammadi&Khalajabadi, 2000)
The results suggest that the researcher’s hypothesis, being based on the fact that “group reality therapy is effective in decreasing the trait anxiety of infertile women under the treatment with the Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) assisted reproductive method, is accepted
This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of reality therapy in decreasing the anxiety in infertile women under the treatment with the IUI assisted reproductive method

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Introduction

Infertility is defined as not having a child after one year of regular intercourse without using any contraceptive method (Mohammadi&Khalajabadi, 2000). 10-15 percent of couples in infertility age have a reproduction problem (Heydari et al, 2002). Infertility is one of the most important life crises which causes anxiety experiencesand mental health problems for people (Sadock , Kaplan&Sadock). Inability to have a baby can be a huge stress for one or both of the spouses. Response to Infertility is associated with severe negative reactions. Severe negative reactions can be seen in infertile couples such as grief, denial, sexual and personal incompetence, threat to selfesteem, marital distress, and problems in relationships with others (Farahani, 2001)

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