title: The role of information therapy in reducing anxiety in patients undergoing in vitro fertilisation treatment.
abstract: This article is the first in the feature to come from Iran. The lead author, Sara Ahmadizadeh, manages the Library at Arash Women's Hospital and was awarded an MA in Information Science and Knowledge and Librarianship from Tehran Azad University in July 2015. Her MA dissertation was innovative and ambitious in that it looked at the impact of information therapy on levels of anxiety amongst women undergoing IVF treatment. Her study demonstrated that quality information sessions, delivered in a structured way, can have a positive impact on patients' awareness of their condition and can reduce anxiety. A. M.
authors.affiliation: Arash Women's Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmadizadeh
authors.affiliation: Library and Information Sciences Department, School of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Tehran North Branch, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ashraf Sadat
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bozorgi
authors.affiliation: Arash Women's Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ladan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kashani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Middle East; consumer health information; information prescribing; patient education; questionnaires