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The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Group Therapy on Marital Satisfaction and General Health in Woman With Infertility.

Global journal of health science
January 1, 1970
Najmeh Abedi Shargh et al. (7 authors)
Clinical TrialJournal ArticleHuman StudyClinical
Study Details

Study Goal

The researchers aimed to determine the effectiveness of Mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy on marital satisfaction and general health in women with infertility.

Results Summary

The study found that Mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy significantly improved marital satisfaction and mental health scores in infertile women compared to the control group. The results suggest this method is effective for enhancing psychological well-being in this population.

Population

60 women with infertility, randomly divided into intervention (30) and control (30) groups.

Effective Dosage

Not specified

Duration

Not specified

Interactions

None mentioned

Extracted Claims (7)
InterventionDirectionEndpointPopulationDosageImpactClaim #
Mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy
increase
marital satisfaction scores
woman with infertility
-
meaningful difference
#1
Mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy
increase
mental health scores
woman with infertility
-
meaningful difference
#2
MBCT treatment
increase
marital satisfaction
infertile women
-
has an appropriate contribution to improvement
#3
MBCT treatment
increase
mental health
infertile women
-
has an appropriate contribution to improvement
#4
Necessary trainings for infertile people through consultation services
increase
mental health
infertile people
-
can improve
#5
Necessary trainings for infertile people through consultation services
increase
marital satisfaction
infertile people
-
can improve
#6
Necessary trainings for infertile people through consultation services
decrease
infertile couples' problems
infertile couples
-
significantly help reducing
#7
Abstract

Infertility affects around 80 million people around the world and it has been estimated that psychological problems in infertile couples is within the range of 25-60%. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy on consciousness regarding marital satisfaction and general health in woman with infertility. Recent work is a clinical trial with a pre/posttest plan for control group. Covering 60 women who were selected by in access method and arranged randomly in interference (30) and control (30) groups. Before and after implementation of independent variable, all subjects were measured in both groups using Enrich questionnaire and marital satisfaction questionnaire. Results of covariance analysis of posttest, after controlling the scores of pretest illustrated the meaningful difference of marital satisfaction and mental health scores in interference and control groups after treatment and the fact that MBCT treatment in infertile women revealed that this method has an appropriate contribution to improvement of marital satisfaction and mental health. Necessary trainings for infertile people through consultation services can improve their mental health and marital satisfaction and significantly help reducing infertile couples' problems.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
AdultCognitive Behavioral TherapyFemaleHealth StatusHumansInfertility, FemaleMarriageMiddle AgedMindfulnessPersonal SatisfactionPsychotherapy, GroupTreatment Outcome
Study Links
Quality Scores
SafetyNot Assessed
Efficacy85/10
Quality75/10
Citation Metrics
Total Citations17
Citations/Year1.7
Relative Citation Ratio1.11
NIH Percentile54.1%
Research Impact Scores
APT Score0.75
Weight Score1.65
Normalized Score0.69
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