Source
Fertility and IVF Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel. EliahuL@clalit.org.il
Abstract
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.