Infertility is a significant health problem, and the prevalence of infertility is increasing in developing countries. The WHO estimates that 8%-10% of married women experience difficulties in becoming pregnant. While many women who experience infertility can become pregnant through assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) such as in vitro fertilization (IVF). IVF treatment can result in various psychological-emotional consequences, including stress, anxiety, depression, and hopelessness. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of nursing care based-levin's conservative model on psychological adaptation, perception and perceived social support in infertile women. Study design was a randomized controlled trial (RCT) research design. The study was conducted at the obstetrics and gynecology outpatient clinic and In vitro fertilization (IVF) at Menoufia University, that allocated in Menoufia Governorate, Egypt. The study sample was a purposive sample of 80 infertile women attended the previously mentioned settings and was divided equally into study and control group (40 women). Four tools were used for data collection: A structured interviewing questionnaire, psychological adaptation tools, infertility perception scale for women (IPS-W and the multidimensional perceived social support scale.
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Psychological adaptation
Timeframe: This outcome was measured a baseline data, then it was again measured after two months of the intervention.