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. 2023 Oct 24;2023(10):CD014722. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014722.pub2

Bello 2021.

Study name Reducing anxiety and depression in infertility among Nigerian women: an exploratory psycho‐educational intervention trial (RADIANT)
Methods Study design: RCT
Country: Nigeria
Participants Women attending gynaecology clinics in UCH or AMH on account of infertility
Inclusion criteria: 
a. women aged 18 years and above;
b. who have been trying to conceive for at least one year;
c. who do not have any children.
Exclusion criteria:
not specified
Stated purpose: to develop content for a culturally relevant and cost‐effective psychoeducational intervention package and to evaluate its effectiveness for reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression
Interventions Intervention:
Psychoeducational video
Culturally‐relevant and cost‐effective psychoeducational intervention package aimed at reducing social and emotional problems amongst women with infertility in Ibadan, Nigeria. The developed content will then be translated into an audiovisual drama production as a user‐friendly tool for the target audience.
Control:
Usual care (usual treatment offered all attendees at the gynaecology clinics ‐ comprising health talks by public health nurses and explanations and counselling provided by the managing physician)
Outcomes Participants' outcomes of interest for this review
  1. Mental health symptoms/depression – Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)

  2. Mental health symptoms/anxiety – Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)


Economic outcomes
Nil
Time points: baseline, post‐intervention (3 and 6 weeks follow‐up)
Starting date NA
Contact information Folasade Adenike Bello, dr.nikebello@yahoo.com
Notes Source of funding: Translational Research and Fellowship Grant (grant number: CTR16A00‐1) from the College Research and Innovation Management (CRIM) Unit of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Prospective trial registration number: Pan African Clinical Trial Registry [PACTR201901892865101]