The effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on life expectancy in women with breast cancer
Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapyMaryam Hashemi 1 , mohammad mehdi Badiee 2
1 - Master student of Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, West Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
2 - Psychiatrist, Islamic Azad University, West Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Coping Strategies, Life expectancy, women with breast cancer, Cognitive therapy based on mind presence,
Abstract :
< p >The aim of this study was the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on life expectancy and coping strategies in women with breast cancer in Tehran in 2009-2010. The method of the present study was quasi-experimental and a pre-test-post-test-follow-up design with a control group was used. The statistical population included women with breast cancer in Tehran. Thirty of these women who met the inclusion criteria were selected using available sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group did not receive cognitive therapy intervention based on the presence of mind and the subjects in the control group did not receive any intervention until the end of the follow-up phase. Data collection tools were life expectancy scale and coping strategies questionnaire that were completed by the subjects in the pre-test, post-test and one-month follow-up stages. Research data were performed using univariate analysis of covariance. The results showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on life expectancy and coping strategies in women with breast cancer in the experimental group were effective at the end of treatment and after one month of follow-up. The results of this study provided appropriate empirical support for mindfulness-based cognitive therapy interventions. It is suggested that this approach be used for life expectancy and coping strategies in women with breast cancer.
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