Examining the Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Quality of Life in primary Infertile Women

The present study aimed to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on quality of life in infertile women. With a quasi-experimental design, a randomized controlled trial with assessment in baseline, after intervention and two- month follow-up was conducted on participants of control group. A total of 24 female patients with primary infertility diagnosis among patients who referred to the Infertility Center of Shariati hospital in Tehran were selected in an available way and were assigned randomly into the experimental (n=12) and control groups(n=12). All participants completed Infertile Couples’ Quality of Life Questionnaire in three phases of baseline, after treatment and follow-up. Then, participants of the experimental group received group mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for 8 sessions. Data were analyzed using multivariate repeated measurement variance analysis model. Results showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy improved the quality of life in social and psychological components, depression, aggression and jealousy in participants of experimental group than the control group and the quality of life significantly increased in experimental group. Results of this study showed that mindfulness - based cognitive therapy can be effective in improving quality of life in infertile women.