Deshpande Snehal, Patel Kamlesh D, Parulkar Tejal, Mahabalesh Kalpana, Madhusudhan Poornima, Madhusudhan Divya K, Thimmapuram Jayaram
SNEH Rehabilitation, Education and Research Centre, India.
Heartfulness Institute, India.
J Ayurveda Integr Med. 2023 Nov-Dec;14(6):100793. doi: 10.1016/j.jaim.2023.100793. Epub 2023 Oct 3.
In Indian context, infertility is often a silent struggle. Despite the high prevalence of infertility in the country, the majority of couples do not share their struggles with family or friends due to social stigma, thus increasing their psychological vulnerability. Heartfulness meditation has shown to decrease stress, anxiety, loneliness and improve sleep along with quality of life.
The current retrospective series evaluated the effectiveness of Heartfulness-based integrative therapy on infertility outcomes.
The program consisted of a 5- day onsite lifestyle modification workshop and online follow up meditation sessions.
54 couples with infertility participated in the program with a mean age of 30.74 years (SD 5.04) for females and 34.03 years (SD 4.54) for males. 15 couples presented with male infertility, 16 couples presented with female infertility and in 5 couples both partners had infertility problems. Further, 18 couples had unexplained infertility. 24 couples conceived with 18 natural conceptions, five via assisted reproductive technology and one spontaneous abortion.
The program was beneficial in the cohort who utilized it as prescribed resulting in conception of 24 out of 54 couples. Future research investigating the causal relationship of Heartfulness meditation on fertility outcomes in a randomized control study could solidify this treatment method to be used independently or as an adjuvant therapy with assisted reproductive technologies.
在印度，不孕往往是一场无声的挣扎。尽管该国不孕的患病率很高，但由于社会 stigma，大多数夫妇并不与家人或朋友分享他们的挣扎，从而增加了他们的心理脆弱性。心觉冥想已被证明可以减轻压力、焦虑、孤独感，并改善睡眠以及生活质量。
本回顾性系列研究评估了基于心觉的综合疗法对不孕结局的有效性。
该项目包括一个为期 5 天的现场生活方式调整工作坊和在线后续冥想课程。
54 对不孕夫妇参与了该项目，女性平均年龄为 30.74 岁（标准差 5.04），男性平均年龄为 34.03 岁（标准差 4.54）。15 对夫妇存在男性不育问题，16 对夫妇存在女性不育问题，5 对夫妇双方都有不育问题。此外，18 对夫妇存在不明原因的不孕。24 对夫妇受孕，其中 18 例自然受孕，5 例通过辅助生殖技术受孕，1 例自然流产。
该项目对按规定使用它的队列有益，54 对夫妇中有 24 对受孕。未来在随机对照研究中调查心觉冥想与生育结局因果关系的研究可能会巩固这种治疗方法，使其可独立使用或作为辅助生殖技术的辅助疗法。
