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Impact of group psychological interventions on pregnancy rates in infertile women
A D Domar1, D Clapp, E A Slawsby
1Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Objective:
To determine the efficacy of two different group psychological interventions on viable pregnancy rates in women experiencing infertility of less than 2 years' duration.
Design:
Prospective, controlled, single-blind, randomized study.
Setting:
Large tertiary-care teaching hospital.
Patient(S):
One hundred eighty-four women who had been trying to get pregnant for 1 to 2 years.
Intervention(S):
Participants were randomized into a 10-session cognitive-behavioral group, a standard support group, or a routine care control group. They were followed for 1 year.
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Viable pregnancy.
Result(S):
Sixty-four [corrected] women discontinued participation in the study within the first year. There were a total of 47 in the cognitive-behavioral group, 48 in the support group, and 25 in the control group. There were statistically significant differences between participants in the two intervention groups versus the control group.
Conclusion(S):
Group psychological interventions appear to lead to increased pregnancy rates in infertile women.
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