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Mindfulness program eases stress in infertile women, study finds
NCT ID NCT06283693
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether an 8-week mindfulness-based stress reduction program could lower stress, anxiety, depression, and cortisol levels in infertile women. 84 women participated, with half taking the program and half serving as a control group. The goal was to see if mindfulness can improve emotional well-being during infertility.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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84 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 45 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * \- Agree to participate in the 8-week MBSR training * Having completed the Informed Consent Form and volunteering to participate in the study * Speaking and understanding Turkish * Idiopathic infertile women * Primary infertile women * YTU treatment has not started * Having attempted YTU at most three times before * Be able to use ZOOM program Exclusion Criteria: * \- Illiteracy, * The woman has a cognitive and auditory problem, * Having a chronic disease * Not having a psychiatric diagnosis (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, anxiety disorders, etc.) * Having participated in any awareness-based training program in the last 1 year Exclusion Criteria \- Not participating in any session of the 8-session training program, not participating in any of the Pre-test, Post-test-1 and Post-test-2 Being an infertile woman
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Saglık Bilimleri Universitesi
Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
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