Effectiveness of Existential Psychotherapy on Spiritual Health of Infertile Women
Background and Objectives: Infertility, particularly female infertility, can threat women's psychological health. Spiritual health can play a significant role in increasing people's abilities especially in tough conditions. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of psychothera...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Qom University of Medical Sciences
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Health, Spirituality and Medical Ethics |
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| Online Access: | http://jhsme.muq.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-87-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 |
| Summary: | Background and Objectives: Infertility, particularly female infertility, can threat women's psychological health. Spiritual health can play a significant role in increasing people's abilities especially in tough conditions. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of psychotherapy on existential health in infertile women.
Methods: The study population of this experimental controlled study with pretest-post-test consisted of infertile women referring to the Gynecology and Infertility Clinic of Dehdasht from late June 2015 to late September 2015. First, the samples were selected by convenience sampling; after the Spirituality Component of the Lifestyle Questionnaire, they were randomized to two groups of 12 each: experimental and control. The experimental group attended eight sessions of existential psychotherapy and control group attended no intervention. Data analysis was conducted by covariance analysis in SPSS 18.
Results: Existential psychotherapy caused promotion of spiritual health in the infertile women.
Conclusion: This study indicated that existential psychotherapy is important to infertile women's spiritual health. It is therefore recommended to use existential psychotherapy to promote spiritual health in such women.
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| ISSN: | 2322-4304 2383-3610 |