PhD Scientific Days 2020

Mental Sciences I. Lectures

The Effect of the Mind/Body Program for Fertility on Psychological Well-Being and Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Előadó neve

Dr. Szigeti F., Judit

Előadó munkahelye

Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine

Előadó telefonszáma

+36 30 2484333

Előadó e-mail címe

szigetifjudit@gmail.com

Az előadás címe

The Effect of the Mind/Body Program for Fertility on Psychological Well-Being and Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Szerző(k) neve és munkahelye

Judit Szigeti F.
Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest

Szekció

Mental Sciences I. Lectures

Language of the presentation

English

Section, first choice

Mental Sciences

Section, second choice

Health Sciences

Összefoglaló szövege

Introduction: Involuntary childlessness imposes significant psychological burden on those affected, particularly those involved in assisted reproductive technology (ART). The reduction of psychological distress has been shown to improve the quality of life of those affected, and to possibly increase chances of pregnancy. So far, efficacy studies of psychological interventions have been conducted mostly in developed countries, and with no differentiation between patients’ level of mental health impairment. (Preregistered at ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04151485)
Aims: The effects of the Hungarian version of the Mind/Body Program for Fertility (Domar et al., 2011), will be compared to those of a fertility support group on the mental well-being and ART outcomes of psychologically affected women in reproductive treatment, in a randomized controlled pre-post design.
Methods: Women in ART treatment will fill in screening questionnaires, and moderate to high scorers will be randomized into an intervention (Mind/Body) group (N=70) and a comparison intervention (Fertility Support) group (N=70), lasting for 10 weeks each, before and/or during an ART cycle. Both interventions will be delivered by the same clinical psychologist. A smartphone application for rating subjective stress levels twice a day, from the start of the stimulation to the day of the pregnancy test, will also be administered. Optionally, whole-night sleep EEGs will be recorded. Medical data (such as diagnosis, hormone levels, previous treatment cycles, etc.) and sociodemographic (such as age, education, etc.) and psychological variables (such as personality traits, chronotype etc.) as potential moderators, as well as ART outcomes, will be reported.
Results: In this presentation, results on the mental health status of infertile women in comparison with normative Hungarian data, as well as the exact outline of the planned RCT protocol, will be presented.
Conclusion: The planned study will allow conclusions to be drawn on whether the Mind/Body Program for Fertility is more efficacious than a Fertility Support group in terms of psychological and pregnancy outcomes in distressed Hungarian infertile women. A novel contribution to the research in the field will stand in analysing the relationship between sleep parameters and IVF success rates.

Additional Information

Supervisor: György Purebl
purebl.gyorgy@med.semmelweis-univ.hu

Bemutatás módja

Szóbeli

Kind

Szabad

Status

elfogadva

Accepted presentation method

szóbeli

Előadás fájl jóváhagyás

nem rendelkezett róla

Előadó

4692

Start

10:55

End

11:10

Authors (legacy)

Judit Szigeti F.
Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest