Fertility Supportive Behavior Education Based On Watson's Theory Of Human Care

TC Erciyes University

Status: Completed

Conditions: IVF; Infertility, Female

Treatments: Procedure: Routine nursing care; Behavioral: Fertility supportive behavior education based on Watson's Theory of Human Care; Device: The booklet "Fertility-Supporting Health Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06591637

1241/23

Details and patient eligibility

About

Infertile individuals frequently attempt behavioral changes to enhance the effectiveness of their treatment and improve fertility outcomes. Consequently, this study was designed to assess the impact of fertility supportive behavior education, grounded in Watson's Human Care Theory, on healthy lifestyle behaviors and the success rates of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in women with primary infertility

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 32 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women have a diagnosis of primary infertility.
• Women over the age of 18 and under the age of 32.
• Women able to read and write in Arabic.
• The cause of infertility must be a male factor.
• Women who are undergoing assisted reproductive techniques, specifically İn Vitro Fertilization-Intracytoplasmatic Sperm Injection.
• Women using the same drugs and protocols for IVF treatment.
• Only women who receive a fresh embryo transfer during their IVF treatment included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Women who have problems with understanding or perception
• The presence of tubal, uterine or other infertility factors in women
• Women undergoing a frozen embryo transfer as part of their IVF treatment
• Women whose pregnancies do not continue or who are diagnosed with a fetal anomaly by the time the healthy lifestyle behaviors scale is re-administered after 3 months excluded from the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group received fertility supportive behavior education based on Watson's Theory of Human Caring and was given a booklet titled 'Fertility-Supporting Health Training' at the onset of treatment. In addition to routine nursing care, the researcher provided detailed intervention and guidance regarding the booklet throughout the treatment period.

Treatment:

Device: The booklet "Fertility-Supporting Health Training

Behavioral: Fertility supportive behavior education based on Watson's Theory of Human Care

Procedure: Routine nursing care

control group

Other group

Description:

The control group received routine nursing care and was given a booklet titled 'Fertility-Supporting Health Training' at the onset of treatment, but the researcher did not provide any additional intervention or guidance regarding the booklet.

Treatment:

Device: The booklet "Fertility-Supporting Health Training

Procedure: Routine nursing care