Received October 22, 2012
Accepted September 03, 2013

Objective: This preliminary study sought to better understand the psychological aspects related to the emotional stress of women who underwent assisted reproduction treatment, comparing the IVF / ICSI technology and the InVO intra-vaginal device. Material and methods: 40 women with an average age of 34 years (29 to 44 years of age) were studied, treated in the period from December 2010 to May 2011. The patients were divided into two groups: Group 1 (GI) with 20 couples undergoing IVF / ICSI, Group 2 (GII) with 20 couples undergoing the InVO method. The ISSL-Inventory of Stress Symptoms of LIPP was individually applied to all the women, with the objective of measuring stress levels and enabling the results comparison between the two techniques applied. Results: It was observed that although stress is present in all women studied, the InVO device compared to the IVF /ICSI method led to better results in the sense of not triggering stress in the female patients.