Effect of counseling on quality of marital relationship of infertile couples: A randomized, controlled trial (RCT) study

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 287, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 583-589

  Vizheh, Maryam ^a   Pakgohar, Minoo ^b   Babaei, Gholamreza ^c   Ramezanzadeh, Fatemeh ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Counseling; Couple; Infertility; Marital relationship; Marital satisfaction; Sexual satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRAN; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MARITAL SATISFACTION QUESTIONNAIRE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION QUESTIONNAIRE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; IRAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878355674     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-012-2595-9     Document Type: Article

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