Smartphone-supported Positive Adjustment Coping Intervention (PACI) for couples undergoing fertility treatment: a randomised controlled trial protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Infertility generally counts as a profound crisis in the lives of couples and as an emotionally stressful experience. For couples undergoing fertility treatment, this is especially true of the waiting period following embryo transfer, which couples say is the most stressful period during treatment. However, at this specific phase, psychosocial counselling is not always available on the spot. The aim of this randomised controlled trial (RCT) study was to test the Positive Adjustment Coping Intervention (PACI), a low-dose, smartphone-supported psychological intervention for women and men undergoing fertility treatment.

Methods and analysis

The effectiveness of PACI is tested by means of a prospective two-arm RCT. During the 14-day waiting period between oocyte pun

SUBMITTER: Schick M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6629398 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature