Learning from Online Video Education (LOVE) improves confidence in fertility treatments: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization (IVF) or oocyte cryopreservation (OC) require the daily use of injectable gonadotropins and has been associated with treatment burden and attrition from fertility treatment. We conducted a randomized clinical trial to determine (1) whether educational videos about fertility medications improved infertility self-efficacy scale (ISES), fertility quality of life treatment (FertiQoL-T), and Perceived stress scale (PSS) scores and (2) if such videos improved confidence and reduced medication errors during a first ovarian stimulation cycle. Participants were given access to an online portal with randomized access to either placebo control videos focused on an orientation to IVF or experimental videos that reviewed the preparation and administratio

SUBMITTER: Adeleye A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9424217 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature