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Mind/Body Training with IVF Patients Yields Higher Pregnancy Rates

1/18/2012

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Fertil Steril. 2011 Jun;95(7):2269-73. Epub 2011 Apr 15.Impact of a group mind/body intervention on pregnancy rates in IVF patients.Domar AD, Rooney KL, Wiegand B, Orav EJ, Alper MM, Berger BM, Nikolovski J.SourceBoston IVF, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, USA. [email protected]

Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine if women who were randomized to a mind/body program before starting their first IVF cycle would have higher pregnancy rates than control subjects.

DESIGN: Randomized, controlled, prospective study.

SETTING: Private academically affiliated infertility center.

PATIENT(S): A total of 143 women aged≤40 years who were about to begin their first IVF cycle.

INTERVENTION(S): Subjects were randomized to a ten-session mind/body program (MB) or a control group and followed for two IVF cycles.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Clinical pregnancy rate.

RESULT(S): Only 9% of the MB participants had attended at least one-half of their sessions at cycle 1 start. Pregnancy rates for cycle 1 were 43% for all subjects; 76% of the MB subjects had attended at least one-half of their sessions at cycle 2 start. Pregnancy rates for cycle 2 were 52% for MB and 20% for control.

CONCLUSION(S): MB participation was associated with increased pregnancy rates for cycle 2, prior to which most subjects had attended at least half of their sessions.

Copyright © 2011 American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

PMID:21496800 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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