who are the risk of violence and provide preventive care. The limitations of this research are its limited number of papers and the unavailability of some full text articles, and the use of different tools for assessing violence towards infertile women.

This study is related to a master's thesis in the midwifery counseling field. The project was supported financially by Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. This study's research proposal was approved and supported financially by the Student Research Committee affiliated with Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran (Grant number: 226- 95). The authors also appreciate Miss Maedeh Rezaei's collaboration with this study.

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