The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Emotional States of Women Undergoing Fertility Treatment: A Meta-Analysis.
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
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Population | Dosage | Impact | Claim # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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], [