TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of hypnosis during embryo transfer on the outcome of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer
T2 - a case-control study
AU - Levitas, Eliahu
AU - Parmet, Aldo
AU - Lunenfeld, Eitan
AU - Bentov, Yacov
AU - Burstein, Eliezer
AU - Friger, Michael
AU - Potashnik, Gad
PY - 2006/5
Y1 - 2006/5
N2 - Objective: To investigate whether hypnosis during ET contributes to successful IVF/ET outcome. Design: Case-control clinical study. Setting: Academic Fertility and IVF Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel. Patient(s): Infertile couples undergoing IVF. Intervention(s): Ninety-eight IVF/ET cycles with hypnosis during the ET procedure were matched with 96 regular IVF/ET cycles. Main Outcome Measures: Comparison of clinical pregnancy and implantation rates between the two groups. Result(s): We obtained 52 clinical pregnancies out of 98 cycles (53.1%) with an implantation rate of 28% among hypnosis IVF/ET cycles, and 29 out of 96 (30.2%) clinical pregnancies and an implantation rate of 14.4% in the control cycles. Our overall IVF program pregnancy rate for the same period was 32.1%. Logistic regression analysis was performed emphasizing the positive contribution of hypnosis to the IVF/ET conception rates. Conclusion(s): This study suggests that the use of hypnosis during ET may significantly improve the IVF/ET cycle outcome in terms of increased implantation and clinical pregnancy rates. Furthermore, it seems that the patients' attitude to the treatment was more favorable.
AB - Objective: To investigate whether hypnosis during ET contributes to successful IVF/ET outcome. Design: Case-control clinical study. Setting: Academic Fertility and IVF Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel. Patient(s): Infertile couples undergoing IVF. Intervention(s): Ninety-eight IVF/ET cycles with hypnosis during the ET procedure were matched with 96 regular IVF/ET cycles. Main Outcome Measures: Comparison of clinical pregnancy and implantation rates between the two groups. Result(s): We obtained 52 clinical pregnancies out of 98 cycles (53.1%) with an implantation rate of 28% among hypnosis IVF/ET cycles, and 29 out of 96 (30.2%) clinical pregnancies and an implantation rate of 14.4% in the control cycles. Our overall IVF program pregnancy rate for the same period was 32.1%. Logistic regression analysis was performed emphasizing the positive contribution of hypnosis to the IVF/ET conception rates. Conclusion(s): This study suggests that the use of hypnosis during ET may significantly improve the IVF/ET cycle outcome in terms of increased implantation and clinical pregnancy rates. Furthermore, it seems that the patients' attitude to the treatment was more favorable.
KW - IVF/ET
KW - hypnosis
KW - implantation rate
KW - pregnancy rate
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U2 - 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.10.035
DO - 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.10.035
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C2 - 16566936
AN - SCOPUS:33646086252
SN - 0015-0282
VL - 85
SP - 1404
EP - 1408
JO - Fertility and Sterility
JF - Fertility and Sterility
IS - 5
ER -