N/A
N=295
Involuntary Childlessness and Stress Management
Infertility
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01187095 ↗Enrolled (actual)
295
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Feb 2021
Primary outcome: Primary: The Effect of Expressive Writing Intervention on Fertility Related Stress — 17.2; 15.7; 17.4; 17.1 units on a scale — p=<0.05
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Expressive writing (Behavioral); Active ctrl (Behavioral)
- Age
- Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
- Primary completion
- Dec 2012
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY The Effect of Expressive Writing Intervention on Fertility Related Stress |
17.2; 15.7; 17.4; 17.1; 18.7; 17.6 | <0.05 sig |
| SECONDARY Pregnancy Rate |
42; 39 | — |
Summary
Many couples experience involuntary childlessness and seek treatment at fertility clinics. Going through treatment procedures can be very challenging, time consuming and emotionally demanding.
Psychosocial intervention might have a soothing and healing effect on both behavior as well on physical matters. Hence, the investigators would like to investigate whether Expressive Writing Intervention (EWI) has an effect on stress management as well as on the pregnancy rate for couples who are going through fertility treatment.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- heterosexual couples lesbian couples
Exclusion Criteria
- couples; where one of them suffers from a genetic disease
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01187095). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.