Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Psychological empowerment strategies in infertile women: A systematic review

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

. Mahboubeh Taebi 1
. Masoumeh Simbar 2
. Somayeh Abdolahian 3

1 1 Student Research Committee, Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran,

2 Midwifery and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Student Research Committee, Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract
Infertility requires long‑term care and treatments which would influence different aspects of health
including the mental health of infertile women. The present study was conducted to determine
strategies for psychological empowerment of infertile women. This systematic review was performed
on previously conducted clinical trials. To achieve the intended studies, databases of Magiran,
Scientific Information Database, Google Scholar, Scopus, PubMed, ProQuest, ScienceDirect, and
Web of Science and also Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials website were searched using “infertility
and infertile women” as the keywords. The inclusion criteria were being an interventional study
and assessing the psychological status of infertile women. Performed studies in Iran with no time
limitations were evaluated. Based on the Jadad criteria, studies with a score of 3 or more were
enrolled in the systematic review. After assessing the quality of the studies, 21 studies were enrolled
in the review for final evaluation. Reviewing the conducted studies showed that educational and
counseling interventions could be effective in improving the aspects of psychological well‑being of
infertile women. Existing evidence revealed that applying coping strategies is effective in improving
the quality of life in infertile women, which consequently lead to the improvement of psychological
empowerment of infertile women.

Keywords

Empowerment
infertility
Iran
psychological status
systematic review
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Journal of Education and Health Promotion
Volume 8, Issue 5
May 2018
Pages 1-7

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