The impact of a self-administered coping intervention on emotional well-being in women awaiting the outcome of IVF treatment: A randomized controlled trial

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1459-1470

  Ockhuijsen, Henrietta ^a   Van Den Hoogen, Agnes ^b   Eijkemans, Marinus ^a   Macklon, Nick ^a,c   Boivin, Jacky ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety; coping intervention; medical waiting period; positive emotions; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEART BEAT; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSITIVE REAPPRAISAL COPING INTERVENTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INTERVENTION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902683024     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu093     Document Type: Article

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