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Masoumeh Dehghan, Hassan Heidari, Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee, Nazila Najdi,
Volume 13, Issue 3 (6-2023)
Abstract

Background: Infertility can have many negative psycho-social consequences including depression, anxiety, and feelings of shame in couples, especially women.
Objectives: This study aimed to explore the effectiveness of positive psychology interventions (PPIs) in increasing hope and happiness in women undergoing assisted reproductive therapy (ART).
Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted using a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The research population consisted of all infertile women who had been admitted to Omid Royan Infertility Center in Arak, Iran, in 2022. The participants were a sample of 40 infertile women undergoing ART who were selected through convenience sampling and then they were placed into two intervention and control groups (each group with 20 members) through permuted block randomization. Afterward, the participants in the intervention group received PPIs for 10 sessions. However, the controls received no intervention. The data were collected through the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ) and Adult Hope Scale (AHS). Finally, the collected data were analyzed through one-way ANCOVA with SPSS-26 software.
Results: The data showed a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the variables of hope (p<0.001) and happiness (p<0.001) for the participants of the two groups in the post-test stage, while this difference was not significant in the control group (p>0.05).
Conclusion: Psycho-social interventions can be implemented as a part of infertility treatments along with medical treatments and as complementary treatments for infertile couples in regular meetings. Thus, health and medical professionals can provide their supportive consultations in time to reduce the negative psycho-social effects of infertility.
 
Shifteh Hashemzadeh, Taraneh Emamgholi Khoshechin, Leila Rastegari, Saeedeh Zenoozian,
Volume 14, Issue 4 (11-2024)
Abstract

Background: Positive psychology can improve the quality of life of postmenopausal women.
Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the effect of telephone counseling with a positive psychological approach on the quality-of-life of postmenopausal women.
Methods: This randomized controlled trial was conducted on 70 eligible postmenopausal women (each group=35). The experimental group received eight telephone counseling sessions with a positive psychology approach. Data were collected using questionnaires (demographic characteristics, menopausal women's quality-of-life (MENQOL), and depression anxiety stress scale (DASS-21) on social media platforms (WhatsApp), before, immediately, and 2 months after the intervention. Data were analyzed using chi-square, independent t-test, Friedman, and Mann-Whitney tests in SPSS 16 software.
Results: The mean (SD) of quality-of-life score two months after the intervention in the experimental group was 15.50 (7.62) and in the control group was 25.19 (12.19). The mean quality-of-life scores in the experimental group were lower than the scores of the control group. This significant difference remained in the experimental group until follow-up, two months after the intervention (P <0.001). Friedman's test also showed that the quality-of-life variable in the experimental group had a statistically significant change in different phases (P<0.001). According to the median scores, the quality-of-life has improved over time.
Conclusion: Telephone counseling with a positive psychology approach can improve quality-of-life in postmenopausal women. Given this, it is recommended that positive interventions be used to promote mental health during menopause, among other methods to improve health.


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