Efficacy of Brief Couples Support Groups Developed to Manage the Stress of In Vitro Fertilization Treatment

Brief Cognitive Behavioral Intervention in Groups in a Brazilian Assisted Reproduction Program

“…Cognitive behavioral interventions for infertile couples submitted to IVF have proved to be an effective strategy for the reduction of anxiety and for coping with the distress involved in the treatment of infertility. 32,33 Similarly, in a Chinese study, 34 psychological intervention significantly reduced the levels of anxiety in women submitted to IVF compared to a control group. A randomized study 35 conducted on infertile patients with moderate depression revealed that the cognitive behavioral psychotherapeutic group proved to be effective, with a statistically significant reduction of depression and anxiety levels compared to a control group and to patients only exposed to psychotropic intervention.…”

Vécu des différentes étapes d'un processus de fécondation in vitro (FIV)

“…Ces résultats apportent en effet des informations qui pourront être utilisées par les médecins et les psychologues afin de mettre en place un soutien particulier pour les couples confrontés à la FIV. De nombreuses études ont démontré l'efficacité d'une intervention psychothérapeu-tique sur le niveau de stress [23] et sur le taux de grossesse des femmes qui ont recours à la FIV [7,24]. Cependant, plusieurs études montrent que la plupart des patients sont insatisfaits des services proposés et de l'information reçue durant et/ou après le traitement [12,21].…”

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

“…The following fourteen established instruments were used in the studies to measure the outcome of psychological stress: the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI, Spielberger, Gorsuch, & Lushene, 1970) (Chan et al, 2012Chan et al, 2006;Domar et al, 2000b;Emery et al, 2003;Galhardo, Cunha, & Pinto-Gouveia, 2013;Haemmerli, Znoj, & Berger, 2010;Lee, 2003;Terzioglu, 2001), the Fertility Problem Inventory (FPI, Newton, Sherrard, & Glavac, 1999) (Cousineau et al, 2008Peterson & Eifert, 2011;Sexton et al, 2010;Valiani, Abediyan, Ahmadi, Pahlavanzadeh, & Hassanzadeh, 2010), the Beck Depression Inventory I/II (BDI-I/II, Beck & Steer, 1987, and Beck, Steer, & Brown, 1996) (Domar et al, 2000bEmery et al, 2003;Galhardo et al, 2013;McNaughton-Cassill, Bostwick, Arthur, Robinson, & Neal, 2002;Peterson & Eifert, 2011;Sexton, Byrd, O'Donohue, & Jacobs, 2010;Terzioglu, 2001), the Back Anxiety 2000b), the Self-administered Depression Scale (SDS, Zung, 1965) (Lee, 2003), Jalowiec's Coping Scale (JCS, Jalowiec, Murphy & Powers, 1984) (Lee, 2003), the Symptom Checklist 90-Revised (SCL-90-R, Derogatis, 1994) (Sexton et al, 2010), and the Symptom Rating Test (SRT, Fava et al, 1983) (Tarabusi, Volpe, & Facchinetti, 2004). A self-developed questionnaire was used in two studies (Anderheim, Holter, Bergh, & Möller, 2007;McNaughton-Cassill et al, 2000).…”

“…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).…”