1Professor and Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing, KLEU Institute of Nursing Sciences
2Visiting Professor and Senior Consultant, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, KLE University
3Head of the Department, Psychiatry KLE University, Belgaum, Karnataka, India
*Correspondence Address: Sangeeta N Kharde, Professor and Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing, KLEU Institute of Nursing Sciences, KLE University, Nehru nagar, Belgaum-590010, Karnataka, India. Phone -0831-2477009, 9481322656 e-mail: sangeeta.kharde@gmail.com.
Online published on 11 October, 2012.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of therapeutic counseling intervention for Depression, Anxiety, Self esteem and Marital adjustment of infertile women undergoing infertility treatment. Two hundred infertile women who were attending Assisted Reproduction centre at Dr Prabhakar Kore Hospital and MRC, Belgaum participated in this study. The research design adopted was randomized controlled trail which involved randomization procedure according to a computergenerated random-number table into either a routine care control group or an intervention group. A psychological intervention programme consisted of three individual and one group counseling which was measured by four standardized psychometric test scales, such as Hamilton Depression scale, Hamilton Anxiety scale, Rosenberg Self esteem scale and Marital Adjustment inventory scale. The pre and post intervention scores were evaluated. The result of this study showed therapeutic counseling participants experienced signifi cant psychological improvement as compared with the control participants. Thus, psychological treatment was effective intervention in alleviating distress related to infertility.
Distress, Effectiveness, Counseling, Stress
