Objective: To determine the effect of mindfulness-based group counselingon anxiety in infertile women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF). Methodology: This randomized controlled trial was performed on 90 infertilewomen who underwent IVF in the infertility center of Fatemieh Hospital Hamadan in 2016. The participants were randomly divided into two groups;case and control. After the initial completion of the Spielberger demographicand anxiety questionnaire by both groups, 8 group counseling sessions with the subject of mindfulness were held in the intervention group for 90 minutes a day and twice a week. The counseling axes included: auto-guidance, barriers, breathing with mindfulness, staying in the moment, accepting andpermission to attend, non-truthful thoughts and how to do self-care. Then the Spielberger anxiety questionnaire was completed by both groups after intervention. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 21. Results: There was a significant difference between the control and the intervention groups in terms of apparent anxiety (p <0.001) and the hidden anxiety (p <0.001) before and after the intervention. Moreover, after the intervention, the means of apparent and hidden anxiety were lower in the case group than the control group (p <0.001). Conclusion: The mindfulness-based group counseling was found to reduce the apparent and hidden anxiety of infertile women undergoing IVF.
