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Swanson-Based Supportive Care for Infertility Stress and Coping in Couples Undergoing ART

NCT07557069 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2026-05-05

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if supportive care based on Swanson's Caring Theory can reduce stress and improve coping in couples undergoing infertility treatment with assisted reproductive treatment (ART), including in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Infertility can be emotionally challenging and may affect both partners. Many couples experience stress, uncertainty, and difficulty coping during treatment.

The main questions this study aims to answer are:

* Does this supportive care program reduce infertility-related stress in women and men?
* Does it improve how couples cope with the challenges of infertility treatment? Researchers will randomly assign (by chance) couples to one of two groups: a supportive care group or a routine care group.

All participants will continue their planned fertility treatment.

Participants will:

* Be randomly assigned to one of the two groups
* Receive either supportive care (education and counseling throughout treatment) or routine care
* Complete questionnaires about stress and coping before treatment, after the oocyte retrieval procedure, and one month after embryo transfer
* Couples who do not achieve pregnancy will complete one additional questionnaire Swanson's Caring Theory is a care approach that focuses on understanding individuals' experiences, providing emotional support, and helping people cope with difficult situations.

The results of this study may help improve structured supportive care for couples undergoing infertility treatment and promote more effective coping and lower stress during the treatment process.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Swanson Caring Theory-based supportive care

A structured supportive care program based on Swanson's Caring Theory, including seven sessions of education, counseling, and emotional support delivered by a midwife to infertile couples throughout the ART process. The program was integrated into key treatment stages (ovarian stimulation, oocyte retrieval, and embryo transfer) and included both face-to-face and online sessions, focusing on reducing infertility-related stress and strengthening coping strategies.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ondokuz Mayıs University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-07-05
Primary Completion
2023-06-05
Completion
2023-06-05

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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