Table 2 Comparison of the demographic and clinical characteristics of the women facing couple’s fertility problem regarding response to treatment in ICBT group
variables | Post-test | 3-month follow-up | 6-month follow-up | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Response (n = 22) | non-response (n = 54) | P-value | Response (n = 29) | non-response (n = 47) | P-value | Response (n = 24) | non-response (n = 52) | P-value | |
Education | |||||||||
≤Diploma University | 14 (63.6) 8 (36.4) | 27 (50.9) 26 (49.1) | 0.445 | 17 (58.6) 12 (41.4) | 24 (52.2) 22 (47.8) | 0.639 | 15 (62.5) 9 (37.5) | 26 (51) 25 (49) | 0.457 |
Job | |||||||||
Unemployed Employee | 19 (86.4) 3 (13.6) | 40 (74.1) 14 (25.9) | 0.365 | 24 (82.8) 5 (17.2) | 35 (74.5) 12 (25.5) | 0.572 | 20 (83.3) 4 (16.7) | 39 (75) 13 (25) | 0.558 |
Place of residence | |||||||||
City Town | 15 (68.2) 7 (31.8) | 29 (53.7) 25 (46.3) | 0.310 | 19 (65.5) 10 (34.5) | 25 (53.2) 22 (46.8) | 0.334 | 15 (62.5) 9 (37.5) | 29 (55.8) 23 (44.2) | 0.625 |
Caused of infertility | |||||||||
Female factors Male factors Female and male factors Unknown | 4 (18.2) 4 (18.2) 10 (45.5) 4 (18.2) | 13 (24.5) 8 (15.1) 17 (32.1) 15 (28.3) | 0.621 | 5 (25.5) 5 (25.5) 12 (42.9) 6 (21.4) | 12 (25.5) 7 (14.9) 15 (31.9) 13 (27.7) | 0.704 | 6 (26.1) 3 (13) 11 (47.8) 3 (13) | 11 (21.2) 9 (17.3) 16 (30.8) 16 (30.8) | 0.306 |
Principal diagnosis | |||||||||
depressed mood anxious mood mixed anxiety and depressed mood | 7 (31.8) 3 (13.6) 12 (54.5) | 20 (37) 9 (16.7) 25 (46.3) | 0.807 | 8 (27.6) 6 (20.7) 15 (51.7) | 19 (40.4) 6 (12.8) 22 (46.8) | 0.442 | 6 (25) 3 (12.5) 15 (62.5) | 21 (40.4) 9 (17.3) 22 (42.3) | 0.258 |
Age | 29.5 ± 4.4 | 30.5 ± 5.3 | 0.438 | 28.8 ± 4.4 | 31.2 ± 5.2 | 0.045 | 28.7 ± 3.9 | 31.0 ± 5.3 | 0.038 |
Marriage duration | 9.2 ± 4.3 | 6.6 ± 2.9 | 0.016 | 8.1 ± 3.7 | 6.9 ± 3.4 | 0.161 | 8.0 ± 4.3 | 7.1 ± 3.1 | 0.289 |
Infertility duration | 5.9 ± 3.2 | 4.9 ± 2.8 | 0.179 | 5.2 ± 3.3 | 5.2 ± 2.8 | 0.911 | 5.4 ± 3.2 | 5.1 ± 2.9 | 0.651 |
Adjustment disorder | 40.1 ± 12.5 | 49.6 ± 13.1 | 0.005 | 40.2 ± 14.0 | 50.0 ± 14.8 | 0.005 | 38.2 ± 10.6 | 49.9 ± 12.4 | < 0.001 |
Hospitalized anxiety and depression | 5.3 ± 3.9 | 14.7 ± 7.5 | < 0.001 | 5.0 ± 3.4 | 14.9 ± 9.1 | < 0.001 | 5.2 ± 3.6 | 15.6 ± 8.1 | < 0.001 |
Fertility adjustment scale | 40.1 ± 6.7 | 44.8 ± 7.7 | 0.016 | 40.8 ± 6.1 | 44.1 ± 7.1 | 0.045 | 39.9 ± 7.2 | 44.2 ± 7.4 | 0.020 |
Fertility problem inventory | 128.7 ± 31.9 | 150.3 ± 33.4 | 0.012 | 126.3 ± 24.7 | 153.5 ± 38.5 | 0.001 | 120.1 ± 30.1 | 152.4 ± 27.3 | < 0.001 |
Cognitive therapy awareness scale | 55.0 ± 16.9 | 69.3 ± 26.7 | 0.023 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Automatic thought questionnaire | 49.6 ± 16.8 | 63.8 ± 26.6 | 0.024 | - | - | - | - | - | - |