The effect of an expressive writing intervention (EWI) on stress in infertile couples undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment: A randomized controlled pilot study

Abstract

Our preliminary results suggest EWI to be a feasible, cost-effective, and efficient method for alleviating infertility-related stress, although results should be considered preliminary and further testing with a larger sample is warranted.

Perceived Stress and its Social-Individual Predicors among Infertile Couples Referring to Infertility Center of Alzahra Hospital in Tabriz in 2013

“…Family pressure ---0.14 (-9.70 to 9.98) 0.078 researches indicate the highness of stress level among those who do not have sufficient income for supplying their expenses (25)(26)(27)(28). One of the other predictors of perceived stress was the method of received treatment such that perceived stress among women who received two treatments of Intrauterine insemination and ovulation simultaneously was higher than the perceived stress among those who have done other treatment methods like Intra-uterine insemination or IVF and probably the highness of multiple treatment expenses or being worried of the failure of a more effective method can justify this higher stress among people.…”

“…In a study by Gradvohl et al in 2013 on infertile couples, higher level of stress was obtained among those who followed infertility treatment and such stress was different among men and women and different mental support was proposed for men and women in it (22). Meanwhile, in a study which was done on the couples who were treated for infertility, high stress was shown on these people which stress was reduced by an efficient and economical method (26). The reason of taking action for infertility treatment in this study as one of the predictors of perceived stress among women was obtained such than those women who mentioned their husband's pressure for taking action to treatment, had the highest level of stress compared to those who expressed the reason in their personal desire or pressure of others and probably the reason of such high stress is that the thoughts and talk of husband had the most effect on person's life and mostly people try to keep their family's society.…”

Doctor, Ease My Mind! Associations between Cancer Patients’ Emotional Distress and Their Perception of Patient-Centeredness during Oncology Consultations

“…POMS is a well-validated measure often used to measure changes in emotional state after interventions for cancer patients [27] [28] [29].…”

A Review of Supportive Interventions Targeting Individuals or Couples Undergoing Infertility Treatment: Directions for the Development of Interventions

“…In 13 out of the 20 studies psychological interventions were found to reduce psychological stress in individuals or couples (Chan et al, 2012;Chan et al, 2006;Cousineau et al, 2008;Domar et al, 2000b;Galhardo et al, 2013;Haemmerli et al, 2010;Matthiesen et al, 2012;McNaughton-Cassill et al, 2002;Peterson & Eifert, 2011;Sexton et al, 2010;Sherratt & Lunn, 2013;Tarabusi et al, 2004;Terzioglu, 2001). Among these 13 studies, five adopted the CBT approach (Domar et al, 2000b;Haemmerli et al, 2010;McNaughton-Cassill et al, 2002;Sexton et al, 2010;Tarabusi et al, 2004), three adopted the ACT approach (Galhardo et al, 2013;Peterson & Eifert, 2011;Sherratt & Lunn, 2013), two adopted the BMS (Chan et al, 2012;Chan et al, 2006), one adopted counseling (Terzioglu, 2001), one used an online educational program (Cousineau et al, 2008), and one adopted expressive writing (Matthiesen et al, 2012).…”