The Effectiveness of Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy on Reducing Corona-Related Anxiety in Parsabad Health Care Workers

Subject Areas : Virtual Learning

Setareh Jani ¹ (دانشجوی دکتری روانشناسی، دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روانشناسی، دانشگاه محقق اردبیلی، اردبیل، ایران)
niloofar mikaeili ² (mohaghegh)
parisa rahimi ³ (azad)

Received: 2020-04-09 Accepted : 2020-05-13 Published : 2020-06-21

Keywords: behavior, cognitive, anxiety, internet-delivered,

Abstract :

Health care workers, while hosting people with or suspected of having coronavirus, may experience corona anxiety more severely than other people in the community.On the other hand, due to the prevention of corona spread, the conditions for face-to-face psychotherapy are not available in the current situation.Therefore, the aim of the present study is to evaluate the effectiveness of internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy on reducing anxiety about coronary heart disease in health care workers in Parsabad city.The research method is quasi-experimental and pre-test and post-test design with control group. vioral therapy group received behavior in six 90-minute sessions via the Internet, while the control group did not receive any intervention members of both groups before and after treatment. The covariance analysis test and SPSS software were used to analyze the collected data. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the mean scores of the experimental and control groups in the post-test, and internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy significantly reduced corona anxiety in health care staff. Therefore, the present study shows that internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy is effective in improving the symptoms of coronary anxiety and is a valuable option for reducing waiting time and increasing clinical efficacy.