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2025-10-19 19:20

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The effect of mindfulness training on psychological well-being and life satisfaction in infertile women: A quasi-experimental study

 Leila Mohammadifard 1 ©, Samaneh Fallah Karimi 2, Zahra Khalilzadeh Farsangi 3, Mahsa Yousefi 4, Mehdi Armanpour 5 ℗   

 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran

 2. Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Torbat-e Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat-e Heydariyeh, Iran

 3. Master of Science in Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.

 4. Master of Science in Internal Surgery Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.

 5. Student Research Committee, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran

Email: leylamohammadifard@gmail.com
 

 


 
Abstract

Introduction: Infertility is known as a life crisis and affects women worldwide, and causes many psychological problems for infertile people. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy offers a different way of dealing with dysfunctional thoughts and their accompanying emotions such as anxiety, depression, and distress. The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of mindfulness-based training on psychological well-being and life satisfaction of infertile women. Methods and Materials: The present study is a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design. The research population was women with infertility who referred to Seyyed Al-Shohada Hospital in Jahrom in 1403. The sample size was 80 people who were randomly selected. Inclusion criteria included age range of 25 to 35 years, higher education than the cycle, duration of infertility of 1 to 6 years, absence of mental illness and use of psychiatric medications, and exclusion criteria; Pregnancy during the study, occurrence of an adverse event during treatment, physical illness, and absence of more than two training sessions were considered. The intervention group received mindfulness-based training for 8 weeks. Before and 4 weeks after the end of the intervention, data were collected with the Riff Psychological Well-Being Questionnaire and the Diner Life Satisfaction Questionnaire and analyzed in SPSS version 27 with independent t-test, paired t-test, chi-square, and analysis of covariance. The significance level was considered to be less than 0.05. Results: Before the intervention, there was no significant difference in the mean life satisfaction score between the two groups (p = 0.14). After mindfulness-based training, the results of the analysis of covariance test with pre-test effect control showed that the mean score of life satisfaction of infertile women in the intervention group (15.8 ± 3.29) was significantly higher than that of the control group (12.4 ± 3.42) (p 0.001). The results also showed that the mean score of psychological well-being in the two intervention and control groups showed a significant difference before and after the intervention (p 0.001). Conclusion and Discussion: Mindfulness-based training had a positive and significant effect on increasing and improving life satisfaction and psychological well-being of infertile women. Therefore, it is recommended that mindfulness-based training and psychological training be used more effectively in educational and treatment centers to improve life satisfaction and psychological well-being, as well as improve the quality of life of infertile women.


Keywords: Mindfulness training, Psychological well-being, Life satisfaction, Infertile women

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