The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Increasing the Quality of Life and Reducing Psychological Symptoms in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

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Authors

1 General Psychologist, School of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran

2 Student of Medicine, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Student Research Committee, School of School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

4 Department of Clinical Psychology, Taleghani Educational Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Background: Quality of life is a multidimensional construct including physical health, psychological state, level of independence, and social relationships, as well as psychological symptoms, somatization, interpersonal sensitivity, and obsessive-compulsive, depression, and anxiety disorders, aggression, phobic anxiety, and paranoid ideation. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on increasing the quality of life and reducing psychological symptoms in patients with multiple sclerosis.Methods: In this clinical trial study, in a pre and post design, 30 patients were randomly selected and located in equal experimental and control groups. Participants in the experimental group received treatment of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for eight 90-minutes sessions. Quality of life questionnaire (QLQ) and Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) were used to collect the data. Analysis of covariance test was used for data analysis via SPSS software.Findings: With the implementation of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in patients with multiple sclerosis, the level of quality of life scores for physical health, and mental health changed as 40.40 and 44.01, respectively. In addition, the changes of aggression, anxiety, interpersonal sensitivity, physical complaints and depression components were 3.20, 3.60, 3.00, 3.20 and 2.40, respectively.Conclusion: The results showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy is an effective and evidence-based approach for psychological intervention in patients with multiple sclerosis.

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Journal of Isfahan Medical School
Volume 34, Issue 410 - Serial Number 410
November and December 2017
Pages 1487-1495

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  • Receive Date: 26 December 2016
  • Revise Date: 01 November 2024
  • Accept Date: 06 April 2022

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