Background: Considering the high prevalence of psychiatric disorders among infertile women, it seems that gynecologists, psychiatrists and psychologists should be more attentive to identify and treat these disorders. The aim of the study is to determine whether of E- cognitive group therapy with emotional disclosure on mental health of infertile women who receiving assisted reproduction
Method: For implement this study, statistically society select. They include 800 infertile couples that visit to gynecologic Clinics, Jahrom University, for ART approach. Infertility define as at least 1 year of unprotected coitus without conception.
Sampling is from women who have inclusion criteria to our study. All of the participants who have primary infertility, no somatic and psychiatric problem, jahrom residents, between 20-40 years of age, have a privet mobile, ability to reading massage and interest to participate in regular group meetings will select to research.
800 consecutive infertile women includ in hormonal therapy or other ART and who participant have including criteria randomly allocat either to receive Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment (CBT Group) or (Observation Group). CBT include the recognition of negative thinking to help the participants distinguish phobia from reality, cognitive reconstructing, thought blocking, spirituality, and the behavioral techniques included muscle relaxation exercises, imagination exercises, expressing feelings, biofeedback in 2 hour weekly to 12 session. All of participant will receive positive massage about cognitive reconstructing , change the negative thought and how to induce positive thought about their infertility and brief massage about result of session .30 late session , all of participant have emotional disclosure. Participant express positive or negative feeling about their problem and their peers feedback them. In some of session participant paint their families as art therapy to emotional disclosure. All of these painting will analyze by specialist and participant will receive feedback from group leader about their emotional feeling individually, also all of them will present the tive and negative emotional feeling about their problem as a written task or express them into the group.
In 2 additional sessions and in the first of session we will use interactive video about infertility medical approach and response to personal question about these interventional approaches by specialist.
useing the DASS Test and Pen worry state of inventory will use For gathering data.
The aim of this study is the assessing the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy on infertile psychological distress(Anxiety- depression- stress) and infertile worry .
indepebdent variable into this research is cognitive behavioral therapy and dependent variable is infertile worry stste and infertile psychological distresss.
Key words: Assisted reproductive therapy RT; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Psychological distress, stress; & Infertile women.