This RCT will test the effect of a 7-week self-help ACT-based program in improving fertility-related quality of life and psychological flexibility, in women with infertility.
Ninety women with infertility living in Canada and the United States will be recruited. They will be emailed seven weekly 15-minute videos, each providing instructions on a new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based technique that addresses the impact of infertility on psychological inflexibility and distress. Fertility-related quality of life and psychological flexibility will be measured before and after the program. Outcomes will also be measured at one-month follow-up. Feedback about how to improve the program will also be collected.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
90
Seven 15-minutes videos of Acceptance and commitment therapy adapted for women with infertility with assigned homework and summaries of the videos.
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Fertility Quality of Life tool (Fertiqol)
Pre-to-post change in quality of life related to a diagnosis of infertility. Scores range from 0-100, with higher scores indicating better quality of life.
Time frame: Pre-to-post intervention change and in the month following the intervention (post measures assessed 4 weeks after receipt of last module)
Psychological flexibility (MPFI)
Pre-to-post change in psychological flexibility. Higher scores on the flexibility sub scale indicating better psychological flexibility.
Time frame: Pre-to-post intervention change and in the month following the intervention (post measures assessed 4 weeks after receipt of last module)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7)
Pre-to-post change in anxious symptoms; Scores range from 0-21, with higher scoresindicating more severe anxiety
Time frame: Pre-to-post intervention change and in the month following the intervention (post measures assessed 4 weeks after receipt of last module)
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)
Pre-to-post change in depressive symptoms; Scores range from 0-27, with higherscores indicating more severe depressive symptoms
Time frame: Pre-to-post intervention change and in the month following the intervention (post measures assessed 4 weeks after receipt of last module)
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