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Efficacy of psychosocial interventions for psychological and pregnancy outcomes in infertile women and men: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Objective: To evaluate the evidence on the efficacy of psychosocial interventions for improving pregnancy rates and reducing distress for couples in treatment with assisted reproductive technology (ART). Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources: PsycINFO, PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of Science and The Cochrane Library between 1978 and April 2014. Study selection: Studies were considered eligible if they evaluated the effect of any psychosocial intervention on clinical pregnancy and/or distress in infertile participants, used a quantitative approach and were published in English. Data extraction: Study characteristics and results were extracted and the methodological quality was assessed. Effect sizes (ES; Hedges g) were pooled using a random effects model. Heterogeneity was assessed using the Q statistic and I 2 , and publication bias was evaluated using Egger’s method. Possible moderators and mediators were explored with meta-analyses of variances (ANOVAs) and meta-regression. Results: We identified 39 eligible studies (total N=2746 men and women) assessing the effects of psychological treatment on pregnancy rates and/or adverse psychological outcomes, including depressive symptoms, anxiety, infertility stress and marital function. Statistically significant and robust overall effects of psychosocial intervention were found for both clinical pregnancy (risk ratio=2.01; CI 1.48 to 2.73; p<0.001) and combined psychological outcomes (Hedges g=0.59; CI 0.38 to 0.80; p=0.001). The pooled ES for psychological outcomes were generally larger for women (g: 0.51 to 0.73) than men (0.13 to 0.34), but the difference only reached statistical significance for depressive symptoms (p=0.004). Meta-regression indicated that larger reductions in anxiety were associated with greater improvement in pregnancy rates (Slope 0.19; p=0.004). No clear-cut differences were found between effects of cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT; g=0.84), mind–body interventions (0.61) and other intervention types (0.50). Conclusions: The present meta-analysis suggests that psychosocial interventions for couples in treatment for infertility, in particular CBT, could be efficacious, both in reducing psychological distress and in improving clinical pregnancy rates.
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“Furthermore, the overall effect size associated with randomised controlled trials of psychological interventions on combined psychological outcomes was non-significant and efficacy was not found to differ according to intervention type.”
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“Although mindfulness approaches have proven to be of limited efficacy for infertility-related distress, one mindfulness-based approach that has yet to be applied to infertility is loving-kindness meditation (LKM),41 which seems to map on well to both shame/self-blame and severed relationships with others.”
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“Though CBT has been applied to infertility in a number of studies, with limited results, there are a number of CBT-based techniques that have yet to be used but that may address some of the specific infertility-related psychological challenges raised in this study.”
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“While cognitive restructuring, progressive muscle relaxation, and mindfulness meditation are the most-used and tested approaches to date for the treatment of infertility-related distress, their efficacy in this population is limited.15”
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“Though they were found to result in small reductions in anxiety, they were not found to improve depressive symptoms, infertility distress or marital functioning when adjusting for publication bias.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Frederiksen, Y., Farver-Vestergaard, I., Skovgård, N. G., Ingerslev, H. J., & Zachariae, R.
- Affiliations
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Aarhus University Hospital (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Frederiksen, Yoon
- Venue
- BMJ Open
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2015-01
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- e006592
- ISSN
- 2044-6055 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4316425
- OpenAlex
- W2103859384
- Cited by
- 380
- References
- 112
- Citations by year
- 2026: 27 · 2025: 34 · 2024: 46 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 50 · 2020: 35 · 2019: 37 · 2018: 29 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 18 · 2015: 6
- FWCI
- 3.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- BMJ Open (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Aarhus Universitet
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
- Keywords
- psychosocial interventions, infertility, assisted reproduction, clinical pregnancy rate, psychological distress, depressive symptoms, anxiety, infertility stress, couples, cognitive behavioral therapy, mind-body interventions
- MeSH terms
- Mental Disorders, Female, Humans, Infertility, Male, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Outcome, Psychotherapy, Treatment Outcome, Pregnancy Rate, Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
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