Effectiveness of Schema Therapy on Reducing Anxiety and Depression in Infertile Women of Arak City

Although infertility is categorized as a physiological disorder at the first level, its experience has a huge psychological and social aspect. The present study aims at determining the effectiveness of Schema therapy on reducing anxiety and depression in infertile women of arak city.
The study was experimental with pre and post- test control group. The study population included all infertile women, who referred to Infertility specialist in Arak city in 2016. A total of 30 cases were selected for sampling and were then randomly assigned into two experiment and control groups (n = 15 for each group). The experimental group received 35 sessions on Schema therapy. To gather data, Beck Depression Inventory and Beck Anxiety Inventory was used. Data were analyzed with covariance.
The difference between mean anxiety and depression was significant after controlling of the pretest variables in the two groups. The mean anxiety and depression score of the experimental group significantly decreased compared to the control group in the post-test (P=0. 001).
Hence, programming for cognitive and emotional interventions is assumed necessary in clinical interventions for infertility and due to the effect of Schema therapy in reducing depression and anxiety in infertile women, we can benefit from this method as a complementary therapy besides medical treatments with good application.