| Experimental emotional disclosure in women undergoing infertility treatment: Are drop outs better off? | |
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PMID: 19615806 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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So far, the beneficial effects of personal written emotional disclosure have been mainly examined in relation to past or current stressful/traumatic experiences. The anticipation of a medical event has rarely been studied within this paradigm. This randomized-controlled study examined whether written emotional disclosure would reduce emotional distress and increase pregnancy rates in women undergoing in-vitro fertilization treatment. Participants recruited from women who were undergoing IVF in the north of Greece (n=148) were randomized to an emotional-writing condition, a fact-writing condition and a control condition. Outcomes included fertility-related distress, general distress and a positive indication of pregnancy. Psychological and medical information about women who refused to participate were also collected, and this represented a fourth group for analysis (n=66). Results indicated no significant difference between groups in terms of emotional distress. However, a significant difference was observed with regard to pregnancy results, with the non-participants group reporting the highest percentage of pregnancies. The present study did not support the hypotheses that emotional disclosure will reduce infertility-related or general psychological distress and improve pregnancy outcomes in women undergoing in-vitro fertilization treatment. However, women who refused to participate in the study were more likely to get pregnant. Differences in the beneficial effects of emotional disclosure are discussed. |
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Efharis Panagopoulou; Anthony Montgomery; Basil Tarlatzis |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-07-15 |
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Title: Social science & medicine (1982) Volume: 69 ISSN: 1873-5347 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2009 Sep |
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Created Date: 2009-08-24 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8303205 Medline TA: Soc Sci Med Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 678-81 Citation Subset: IM |
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Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. efharis@the.forthnet.gr |
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