Impact of a group mind/body intervention on pregnancy rates in IVF patients

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2269-2273

  Domar, Alice D ^a,b   Rooney, Kristin L ^a   Wiegand, Benjamin ^d   Orav, E John ^c   Alper, Michael M ^a,b   Berger, Brian M ^a,b   Nikolovski, Janeta ^d  

^a BOSTON IVF   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; IVF; mind body; pregnancy; stress management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIND BODY PROGRAM; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BOSTON; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956373292     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.03.046     Document Type: Article

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