فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background:Preconception interventions in infertile couples can increase the chance ofpregnancy and lower its complications. The success in infertility treatment and achieving asuccessful pregnancy is of great importance among infertile couples compared to others.This study has tried to investigate necessary preconception interventions before beginningof infertility treatment cycle among infertile couples. Materials and Methods: This is across‑sectional study of 268 individuals presenting to fertility clinics (Moshtagh and Shahidbeheshty) across the city of Isfahan, Iran. Simple sampling method was used. Questionnaireand patients’ medical records were used to collect data. Descriptive and analytic statisticalmethods and SPSS software were used for analysis. Results: The results showed that theinterventions related to diseases treatment and prescription of folic acid before the beginningof infertility treatment were complete for most of the subject (47.06% and 79.9% respectively),but referral for genetics counseling had not been conducted in most of the cases (98.9%).Specific interventions in relation with the infertility treatment before beginning the treatmentcycle had been conducted in 50% of the subjects. Conclusion: The results of this study showeda weakness concerning necessary preconception interventions before beginning of infertilitytreatment cycle in most of the studied subjects. With regard to the effect of preconceptioninterventions on outcome of infertility treatment, and with consideration of high importanceof pregnancy success in infertile couples, paying more attention to conduct this manner isnecessary.