The Effect of Stress on DNA Integrity and the Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Stress and Infertility in Women

Soroka University Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Infertility; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00685282

SOR469308CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The general hypothesis of the research is that stress decreases fertility and that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy will reduce stress and increase fertility. Secondarily, we hypothesize that stress has a detrimental effect on DNA integrity and that stress reduction will reduce DNA damage in the cell.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• women between the ages of 18-35 without children undergoing IVF treatment

Exclusion criteria

• undergoing treatment for a DSM-IV axis I psychiatric illness.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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70 participants in 1 patient group

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS

Other group

Description:

PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS TO INCLUDE, RELAXATION, STRESS REDUCTION, GUIDED IMAGERY, BREATHING EXERCISES

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy