فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: Couples’ attitudes toward infertility are related to different dimensions of infertility.Counseling can change attitudes toward infertility in infertile couples. Therefore, this study wasconducted to determine and compare the effect of face‑to‑face counseling and telephone counselingon infertility attitudes in infertile couples.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This two‑group intervention study was performed on 34 infertilecouples who were randomly assigned to face‑to‑face and telephone counseling groups. The coupleattended counseling sessions as scheduled by the researcher. An Infertility Attitude Questionnairewas completed by all participants at the beginning and end of the study. Data were analyzed usingSPSS software version 16.RESULTS: The results of independent t test showed that after the intervention, the mean scoreof attitude toward infertility in the face‑to‑face counseling group was significantly higher thanthe telephone counseling group. Based on paired t test, the mean score of infertility attitude inthe face‑to‑face counseling group was significantly increased two weeks after the interventioncompared to before. The mean score of infertility attitude in the telephone counseling group wassignificantly increased two weeks after the intervention compared to before. According to the resultsof independent t test, the attitude score toward infertility was not statistically significant betweenthe two groups.CONCLUSION: The results of the present study showed that with counseling, the mean score ofinfertility attitude in infertile couples in both groups had increased. In other words, counseling canchange attitudes toward infertility in infertile people.