Table 3 Comparison of the demographic and clinical characteristics of the women facing couple’s fertility problem regarding response to treatment in CBT group
variables | Post-test | 3-month follow-up | 6-month follow-up | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Response (n = 24) | non-response (n = 52) | p-value | Response (n = 25) | non-response (n = 51) | p-value | Response (n = 25) | non-response (n = 51) | p-value | |
Education | |||||||||
≤Diploma University | 11 (45.8) 13 (54.2) | 29 (55.8) 23 (44.2) | 0.466 | 15 (60) 10 (40) | 25 (49) 26 (51) | 0.465 | 18 (72) 7 (28) | 22 (43.1) 29 (56.9) | 0.027 |
Job | |||||||||
Unemployed Employee | 19 (79.2) 5 (20.8) | 40 (76.9) 12 (23.1) | 1.000 | 19 (76) 6 (24) | 40 (78.4) 11 (21.6) | 1.000 | 21 (84) 4 (16) | 38 (74.5) 13 (25.5) | 0.398 |
Place of residence | |||||||||
City Town | 14 (53.8) 10 (41.7) | 26 (50) 26 (50) | 0.623 | 13 (52) 12 (48) | 27 (52.9) 24 (47.1) | 1.000 | 11 (44) 14 (56) | 29 (56.9) 22 (43.1) | 0.335 |
Caused of infertility | |||||||||
Female factors Male factors Female and male factors Unknown | 3 (12.5) 8 (33.3) 5 (20.8) 8 (33.3) | 7 (13.5) 15 (28.8) 17 (32.7) 13 (25) | 0.722 | 4 (16) 6 (24) 5 (20) 10 (40) | 6 (11.8) 17 (33.3) 17 (33.3) 11 (21.6) | 0.283 | 2 (8) 7 (28) 7 (28) 9 (36) | 8 (15.7) 16 (31.4) 15 (29.4) 12 (23.5) | 0.621 |
Principal diagnosis | |||||||||
depressed mood anxious mood mixed anxiety and depressed mood | 11 (45.8) 6 (25) 7 (29.2) | 19 (36.5) 15 (28.8) 18 (34.6) | 0.742 | 10 (39.6) 5 (20) 10 (40) | 20 (39.2) 16 (31.4) 15 (29.4) | 0.507 | 8 (32) 6 (24) 11 (44) | 22 (43.1) 15 (29.4) 14 (27.5) | 0.350 |
Age | 34.4 ± 6.4 | 32.1 ± 5.2 | 0.103 | 33.6 ± 6.4 | 32.5 ± 5.3 | 0.422 | 33.5 ± 5.3 | 32.5 ± 5.9 | 0.473 |
Marriage duration | 8.6 ± 4.7 | 8.6 ± 4.8 | 0.996 | 9.0 ± 4.5 | 8.4 ± 4.9 | 0.641 | 9.0 ± 5.0 | 8.4 ± 4.7 | 0.605 |
Infertility duration | 5.7 ± 3.5 | 6.5 ± 4.07 | 0.412 | 6.4 ± 3.4 | 6.3 ± 4.1 | 0.917 | 6.5 ± 3.5 | 6.2 ± 4.0 | 0.801 |
Adjustment disorder | 37.2 ± 9.5 | 50.1 ± 13.3 | < 0.001 | 39 ± 8.3 | 51.8 ± 12.4 | < 0.001 | 38.8 ± 5.9 | 49.8 ± 10.8 | < 0.001 |
Hospitalized anxiety and depression | 5.2 ± 3.3 | 18.1 ± 7.0 | < 0.001 | 7.1 ± 4.3 | 16.3 ± 7.3 | < 0.001 | 6.7 ± 2.3 | 16.2 ± 7.7 | < 0.001 |
Fertility adjustment scale | 39.2 ± 5.6 | 45 ± 6.7 | 0.001 | 40.5 ± 5.5 | 44.5 ± 5.9 | 0.007 | 42.0 ± 4.6 | 43.7 ± 7.1 | 0.205 |
Fertility problem inventory | 128.0 ± 21.5 | 153.8 ± 28.3 | < 0.001 | 141.1 ± 18.5 | 150.9 ± 26.3 | 0.100 | 141.1 ± 14.2 | 145.9 ± 30.9 | 0.364 |
Cognitive therapy awareness scale | 57.1 ± 14.9 | 72.3 ± 28.6 | 0.003 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Automatic thought questionnaire | 51.7 ± 15.7 | 67.8 ± 27.5 | 0.002 | - | - | - | - | - | - |