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The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Emotional States of Women Undergoing Fertility Treatment: A Meta-Analysis.

Journal of sex & marital therapy
January 1, 2023
Xiaoran Wang et al. (2 authors)
Meta-AnalysisJournal ArticleHuman Study
Study Details

Study Goal

The researchers aimed to evaluate the efficacy of mindfulness intervention in improving the emotional state of women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) through a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Results Summary

The meta-analysis found that mindfulness was more effective than the control group in reducing anxiety and depression in infertile women, with statistically significant but modest effect sizes (SMD = -0.31 for anxiety, SMD = -0.94 for depression).

Population

Infertile women undergoing IVF.

Effective Dosage

Not specified

Duration

Not specified

Interactions

None mentioned

Extracted Claims (3)
InterventionDirectionEndpointPopulationDosageImpactClaim #
mindfulness-based intervention
decrease
anxiety
infertile women
SMD = -0.31, 95% CI: -0.56 to -0.06
more effective than the control group in reducing
#1
mindfulness-based intervention
decrease
depression
infertile women
SMD = -0.94, 95% CI: -1.84 to -0.03
more effective than the control group in reducing
#2
mindfulness-based intervention
decrease
correlations
infertile women
-
more effective than the control group in reducing
#3
Abstract

For many infertile women, their inability to fulfill their aspirations and match society's expectations of motherhood may lead to mental illness. They frequently select in vitro fertilization (IVF) to achieve their wish to have children. In vitro fertilization is actually a multi-dimensional stressor. There are numerous psychological methods to assist patients decrease stress, among which mindfulness-based intervention is a prominent one. However, the effectiveness of mindfulness intervention in this group remains debatable. Therefore, our research seeks to evaluate the efficacy of mindfulness intervention in improving the emotional state of women undergoing in vitro fertilization by systematic review and meta-analysis, so as to provide a novel treatment plan for psychological therapy of this group. A meta-analysis was undertaken by scanning English databases PubMed, Embase, Cochrane library, Web of science, etc. Among them, the retrieval period is from the foundation of the database until July 5, 2022. Two investigators examined the literature according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and conducted meta-analysis using stata15.0 software. Six studies involving 964 infertile women were included. According to the meta-analysis, mindfulness was more effective than the control group in reducing anxiety, depression, and correlations in infertile women [standard mean difference, SMD = -0.31, 95% confidence interval (CI): -0.56 to -0.06], [SMD = -0.94, 95% CI: -1.84 to -0.03], [

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
ChildHumansFemaleMindfulnessDepressionInfertility, FemaleEmotionsAnxietyFertility
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Quality Scores
SafetyNot Assessed
Efficacy75/10
Quality80/10
Citation Metrics
Total Citations1
Citations/Year0.5
Relative Citation Ratio0.74
NIH Percentile39.3%
Research Impact Scores
APT Score0.25
Weight Score2.43
Normalized Score0.66
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