Abstract
BackgroundThe optimal objective of infertility treatments is to increase pregnancy rate. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a collaborative counseling program on pregnancy rate in women undergoing in vitro treatment.MethodsThis was a parallel group randomized trial on a sample of 60 women attending to an infertility research center affiliated to Mashhad University of Medical Sciences for fertility treatment. Women were randomly assigned to an intervention or a control group. Then, a five-session program offered to the intervention group while the control group received nothing expect the usual care. The primary outcome for the study was positive pregnancy test at the end of study. Statistical analyses including independent samples t-test were performed to explore the data.ResultsThe outcome analysis showed that there were no significant differences in pregnancy rate between the intervention and the control groups (P = 0.298). Also, there were no significant differences in follicle and embryo numbers between two groups. However, a significant difference was observed between two groups in terms of oocyte numbers where the intervention group had more oocyte (P = 0.014).ConclusionOverall the findings indicated that the collaborative infertility counseling did not improve treatment success in infertile women undergoing in vitro fertilization.Trial registrationIRCT201110267915N1. Registered 2014.07.25-Retrospectively registered (http://en.irct.ir/trial/8359).
Highlights
The optimal objective of infertility treatments is to increase pregnancy rate
This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the collaborative infertility counseling (CIC) on pregnancy rate in women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF)
Design and the study sample This was a parallel group randomized trial in order to assess the effectiveness of a collaborative infertility counseling (CIC) on pregnancy outcome in infertile women attending a referral hospital affiliated to Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in Mashhad, Iran
Summary
The optimal objective of infertility treatments is to increase pregnancy rate. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a collaborative counseling program on pregnancy rate in women undergoing in vitro treatment. It is believed that several factors might cause infertility including psychological factors [4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14] As such studies have shown that anxiety, depression and stress can affect the number of oocyte, embryos and. Rasoulzadeh Bidgoli et al BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2020) 20:728 together and take care for infertile patients right from the start to the final stage of treatment [1] Investigators that pursuing this collaborative counseling model reported that it could reduce infertility-related stress and enhance the marital satisfaction among infertile women. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the collaborative infertility counseling (CIC) on pregnancy rate in women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF)
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