Effectiveness of Parental Preparedness Package among Couples Conceived with Artificial Reproductive Techniques

INTRODUCTION: The problem of infertility is experienced as a crisis or major life stressor with potentially serious negative effects on the couple’s relationship and preparation toward the parenthood. According to Sharlip et al., it has been estimated that about 15% of couple would have trouble in conception, and at present, 48.5 million couples experience infertility globally. To decrease the stress among parents to be and to promote healthy parenting for bringing out healthy parent–child relationships, an intervention of Parent Education Program was planned and executed. A study was conducted with the aim to assess the effectiveness of parental preparedness package (PPP) on physical health among couple conceived with artificial reproductive techniques (ART). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of PPP in fifty couples conceived with ART at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana. Quantitative approach was used to collect the data of couples by doing pre- and postinterventional assessment of physical health of couple using the Structured Physical Health Assessment Scale. Analysis was done with the help of descriptive and inferential statistics. RESULTS: The study revealed that mean score of physical health of couple (both husband and wife) increased significantly after the intervention which infers the effectiveness of PPP (P = 0.001). CONCLUSION: Our study concludes that PPP should be incorporated in the antenatal care protocol in all couples who conceive using ART.