THE EFFECT OF COGNITIVE AWARENESS SUPPORT ON THE PSYCHOSOCIAL STATUS OF WOMEN TREATED FOR INFERTILITY

Aim: With the project, mobile application supported cognitive awareness applications in women receiving infertility treatment; The aim of this study was to measure the effect of infertile women on their psychosocial status. Method: It was planned as a randomized controlled study. It was aimed to reduce stress and increase awareness by applying mindfulness/cognitive awareness to women undergoing infertility treatment. For this reason, special mindfulness suggestions were created for infertile women by taking the opinion of an expert in the field. Mindfulness suggestions created specifically for women with infertility were recorded. The recordings were varied according to the treatment stages, with an average duration of 40 minutes. These audio recordings were presented with a mobile application developed for infertile women. The mobile application called IVFMind was designed for infertile women. The application consists of mindfulness audio recordings and reading sections. The experimental group (n:17) installed this application on their phones and listened to the audio recordings regularly. Cognitive awareness (BIFO), depression-anxiety (DASS 21), infertility self-efficacy and fertility adjustment scales were administered to the experimental and control groups (N:34). Scales were done as pre-test and post-test. The mobile application evaluation form was filled in the experimental group.