测试一个以证据为基础的自我帮助计划,用于不孕症相关的痛苦:一个随机对照试验的协议
Jennifer L Gordon1, Megan M L Poulter1, Ashley A Balsom1
1Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.
JMIR research protocols
|January 18, 2024
概括
这项研究测试了一种新的移动应用程序干预不孕不育困境. 该应用程序显著改善了患有不孕症的人的心理健康和生活质量.
科学领域:
- 生殖健康 生殖健康
- 心理健康 心理健康
- 数字健康干预措施 数字健康干预措施
背景情况:
- 不孕症影响6对夫妇中的1对,不成比例地负担女性的心理负担.
- 现有的治疗不孕症心理干预措施的有效性有限.
- 移动健康干预为管理不孕症相关的心理健康挑战提供了可扩展的解决方案.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估一个新的7周,基于移动应用程序的自我帮助干预,用于不孕症相关的痛苦.
- 在一项随机对照试验中,将干预的疗效与等候名单对照组进行比较.
- 评估生育能力,生活质量,抑郁症状,焦虑和关系质量的改善.
主要方法:
- 一项随机对照试验,涉及加拿大和美国的170人.
- 干预组通过移动应用程序接受了为期7周的基于视频的自我帮助计划;对照组接受了通常的治疗.
- 主要结果:生育能力,生活质量. 二次结局:抑郁/焦虑症状,人际关系质量,医疗保健使用,诊断的情绪/焦虑障碍.
- 在干预前,干预后,干预后16周内每两周进行一次评估.
主要成果:
- 预计这项干预措施在改善心理健康参数方面将比常规治疗更有效.
- 预计在心理和生殖健康问题上使用医疗保健的减少.
- 预计在基线生活质量较低的个体中,积极影响会更明显.
结论:
- 移动应用程序的干预表明,它有望有效地减少不孕症患者的心理痛苦.
- 成功的结果可以支持这种数字工具的广泛采用.
- 这项干预解决了在生殖医学中对可访问的心理健康支持的关键未满足的需求.
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