The effects of fertility supporting behavior recruiting training given to infertile women to healthy lifestyle behaviors and infertility self- efficacy

The Effects of Fertility Supporting Behavior Recruiting Training Given to Infertile Women to Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Infertility Self- Efficacy Aim: This research was conducted to determine healthy lıfestyle behavıors and ınfertılıty self- effıcacy effect of training given to infertile women Material and Method: This study was conducted using a semi-trial model with pre-test and post-test control groups. The population of the study was registered to the with infertile women, consulted Doğu Fertil Tüp Bebek Merkezi. When the power analys is done, sample size was calculated for each group of least 62 infertile women (62 experiment, 62 control). The fertility supporting behavior training was given to two sessions of the experimental group with face-to-face interview method. The data were collected by a "Personal Information Form", the "Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale II (HLBS-II)" and the "Infertility Self-Efficacy Scale – Short Form (ISE-SF)" on March-October 2017. Percentage distribuation, arithmetic mean, standart deviation, chi-square test, Fisher's Exact Test and Mann Whitney U Test was used to statistical evaluation, deperents group and indeperent groups was used t test. Results: Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale-II and the Infertility Self-Efficacy Scale – Short Form pre-test averages revealed that healthy life style behavior (p=0.363) and ınfertility self-efficacy (p= 0.838) in experiment and control groups was similarly. In the HLBS-II, the post-test average of total scores in experiment group is 136.52±19.25, control group is 126.90±17.02 and so the mean scores between groups were found to have statistically significant difference (p<0.05). In the ISE-SF, the post-test average of total scores in experiment group is 23.16±4.13, control group is 20.43±4.19 and so the mean scores between groups were found to have statistically significant difference (p<0.05). Accordingly, it was determined that women in the experiment group had better healthy lifestyle behaviors and infertility self- efficacy than the control group after fertility supporting behavior recruiting training. Conclusion: Fertility supporting behaviors recruating training for women receiving infertility treatment has been shown to improve healthy lifestyle behaviors and infertility self-efficacy. Keywords: Fertility, Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors, Infertility, Infertility Self- Efficacy