This semiexperimental study designed to determine the effect of cognitive-behavioral counseling on marital satisfaction.After completing the ENRICH marital satisfaction questionnaire by the couples who referred to the selected healthy centers and passed 1-5 years of their marriage, 60 couples by score between 30-60 selected (20 couples from each center) and randomly devided to two groups of intevention and control. Then the couples of intervention group participated in 5 counseling sessions of 2 hours.We had no intervention in the control group.
General information
Acronym
IRCT registration information
IRCT registration number:IRCT2015100424340N1
Registration date:2015-11-20, 1394/08/29
Registration timing:retrospective
Last update:
Update count:0
Registration date
2015-11-20, 1394/08/29
Registrant information
Name
Hamideh Mohaddesi
Name of organization / entity
Urmia University of Medical Science
Country
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Phone
+98 44 3275 4963
Email address
mohaddesi.h@umsu.ac.ir
Recruitment status
Recruitment complete
Funding source
Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Vice Chancellor for Research and Technology
Expected recruitment start date
2015-04-21, 1394/02/01
Expected recruitment end date
2015-07-23, 1394/05/01
Actual recruitment start date
empty
Actual recruitment end date
empty
Trial completion date
empty
Scientific title
The effect of cognitive behavioral counseling on marital satisfaction of couples
Public title
The effect of counseling on marital satisfaction
Purpose
Health service research
Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Living in Urmia; Passed at least one year and up to 5 years of marriage; First marriage of couples; optionally Marriage; availability during the month of intervention; Monogamous Men; Nonpregnant; Minimum education to read and write; No known chronic physical and mental diseases,according to clients expression; no diseases affecting sexual relations(Diabetes, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, respiratory disease, cancers, hypertension); no consumption of effective drugs on sexual performance(hypotensive drugs, cimetidine, digoxin, thiazide diuretics, antihistamines, barbiturates, amphetamines, diazepam, cocaine, progesterone, antidepressants); No history of any genital surgeries(including hysterectomy, breast surgery); No history of infertility; Non-participating couples in similar counseling sessions outside of research environments.
exclusion criteria: become pregnant during the study; the occurrence of adverse events in the lives of couples(death of loved ones, accidents with disabilities).
Age
No age limit
Gender
Both
Phase
N/A
Groups that have been masked
No information
Sample size
Target sample size:
120
Randomization (investigator's opinion)
Randomized
Randomization description
Blinding (investigator's opinion)
Single blinded
Blinding description
Placebo
Not used
Assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Secondary Ids
empty
Ethics committees
1
Ethics committee
Name of ethics committee
Urmia university of medical sciences
Street address
Emergency Alley, Resalat Blvd, Urmia
City
Urmia
Postal code
5714783734
Approval date
2015-04-08, 1394/01/19
Ethics committee reference number
umsu.rcc.1393.223
Health conditions studied
1
Description of health condition studied
marital satisfaction
ICD-10 code
ICD-10 code description
Primary outcomes
1
Description
marital satisfaction
Timepoint
before entervention,One Month after intervention
Method of measurement
ENRICH marital satisfaction questionnaire
Secondary outcomes
empty
Intervention groups
1
Description
There was no intervention in the control group.
Category
Other
2
Description
For the couples of intervention group, 5 counseling sessions for 2 hrs, conducted with one week intervals. 1-3 sessions conducted for couples together and 4,5 sessions conducted for men and women separately.
Topics of he sessions:
First session: communication skills, second session: conflict-solving skill, third session: problem solving skill, fourth session: sexual skills, fifth session: sexual intimacy
Category
Other
Recruitment centers
1
Recruitment center
Name of recruitment center
Healthy center No.6
Full name of responsible person
Maryam Hamedani
Street address
kashani street
City
Urmia
2
Recruitment center
Name of recruitment center
Healthy center of Eghbal
Full name of responsible person
Maryam Hamedani
Street address
Shohada street
City
Urmia
3
Recruitment center
Name of recruitment center
Healthy center of Nik'khah
Full name of responsible person
Maryam Hamedani
Street address
Dokhaniat
City
Urmia
Sponsors / Funding sources
1
Sponsor
Name of organization / entity
Urmia University of Medical Sciences
Full name of responsible person
Dr. Iraj Mohebbi
Street address
Emergency Alley, Resalat Blvd, Urmia
City
Urmia
Grant name
Grant code / Reference number
1641
Is the source of funding the same sponsor organization/entity?