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THE EFFECT OF COGNITIVE AWARENESS SUPPORT ON THE PSYCHOSOCIAL STATUS OF WOMEN TREATED FOR INFERTILITY

NCT05708937 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 34

Last updated 2023-02-01

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Summary

Aim: With the project, mobile application supported cognitive awareness applications in women receiving infertility treatment; The aim of this study was to measure the effect of infertile women on their psychosocial status.

Method: It was planned as a randomized controlled study. It was aimed to reduce stress and increase awareness by applying mindfulness/cognitive awareness to women undergoing infertility treatment. For this reason, special mindfulness suggestions were created for infertile women by taking the opinion of an expert in the field. Mindfulness suggestions created specifically for women with infertility were recorded. The recordings were varied according to the treatment stages, with an average duration of 40 minutes. These audio recordings were presented with a mobile application developed for infertile women. The mobile application called IVFMind was designed for infertile women. The application consists of mindfulness audio recordings and reading sections. The experimental group (n:17) installed this application on their phones and listened to the audio recordings regularly. Cognitive awareness (BIFO), depression-anxiety (DASS 21), infertility self-efficacy and fertility adjustment scales were administered to the experimental and control groups (N:34). Scales were done as pre-test and post-test. The mobile application evaluation form was filled in the experimental group.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness based phone app

Creating mindfulness-based suggestions for infertile women: Mindfulness-based content was created by taking the opinions of experts in the fields of women's health nursing, psychology and linguistics. It consists of 6 different parts. The content of meditation that the patient will apply according to the treatment stage is different. Infertility mindfulness departments; "Breath Awareness, Body \& Uterus Awareness, Needle Therapy and Ovarian Awareness, Pre-Egg Collection (OPU) Diaphragm Breathing, Pre-embryo Transfer Uterine Awareness, Embryo and Uterine Awareness (Post transfer)". Audio recordings of mindfulness-themed meditation content: After the meditation contents are planned; the sound recording was taken with a professional recorder (Sony ICD-PX470). The audio recordings taken were professionally edited by the expert. Mp3 recordings were created by adding background music to sound recordings in computer environment. Audio recordings of mindfulness-themed meditation content

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Maltepe University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-05-21
Primary Completion
2021-12-16
Completion
2022-09-20

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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