A SURVEY ON THE IMPACT OF RELAXATION ON ANXIETY AND THE RESULT OF IVF IN PATIENTS WITH INFERTILITY THAT HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE INFERTILITY CENTERS OF TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES DURING 2012- 2013

The process of infertility comes along with various social, mental, physical
and financial stresses. The process of AVF treatment makes about 1.3% of women depressed
having much anxiety in terms of psychiatric health. This also makes an intervention with the
process of treatment in this regard. The present study tries to determine the impact of relaxation on
anxiety and the result of EVF in patients with infertility that have been referred to the infertility
center of Tehran University of Medical Sciences during 2012-2013.
Materials & Methods: This experimental study is a clinical-based examination type that has been
carried out on 100 infertile women using AVF treatment ranging from 25-35 year old during 2012-
2013, who referred to the hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The
sampling method is an available way and the related data were gathered by using Newton infertility
anxiety questionnaire. The samples were divided into two groups of case and observation. The
related data was analyzed by the descriptive statistics, T-test and covariance analysis in p<0.05
level.
Result : The mean score of anxiety in two groups before the relaxation was 163.24 and 165.48,
respectively. The related t-test did not show a significant difference between two groups. (p>0.05).
After the relaxation, the mean score of the anxiety was obtained between two groups as 148.38 and
156.18, respectively. The t-test showed a significant difference between two groups after the
relaxation (p<0.05). Also, the covariance results showed significant statistical difference between
two groups in terms of anxiety reduction. Therefore, the number of positive results was 20 cases in
observation group and 19 cases in experimental group in this regard. The number of negative
replies was 30 cases in observation group and 31 ones in experimental group in this study. The
results of K-Square test did not show a significant difference between two groups in relation to the
positive replies of pregnancy test. (p>0.05).
Conclusion: Due to the result of the present study the relaxation process is an effective way on
reducing the related patients’ anxiety degree. This reduced a considerable degree of the case group
anxiety but it does not have an essential role in its own success.