چکیده:
Background and Aim: Considering the possible role of psychological factors in the process of cardiovascular disease and also the fact that these factors interact with biological agents to produce effects on cardiovascular disease, the present study aimed at evaluation of the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on mental health, hopefulness and meaningfulness in people with cardiovascular disease. Materials and Methods: The present study was an applied one and was done as pre-test, post-test and control group. The study population included all cardiovascular patients who were referred to Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center between January to March 2017 and had a history of myocardial infarction or open heart surgery in the last month. The study sample consisted of 30 patients with cardiovascular disease who were willing to participate in the study and met the inclusion criteria. The subjects were randomly assigned to the case and control groups (each group consisting of 15 subjects). Data were obtained using Snyder Hope Questionnaire, Meaning-seeking Questionnaire, and General Health Questionnaire and analyzed by repeated measure ANOVA and SPSS software. Results: The results showed that analysis of variance was significant for intragroup factor (time). For the intergroup factor, only significant variables were found for somatic symptoms and social dysfunction and were not significant for the other variables. The results of the present study indicate that time effect alone is significant regardless of group effect. The interaction of group and time was also significant (F = 12.84, df = 2) and its effect was reported 0.50. Conclusions: Overall, the findings of this study showed that acceptance and commitment based therapy is effective on mental health, hope and Meaning-seeking in Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases.
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Results: The results indicate that there is a significant difference between the mean scores of acceptance and commitment therapy and control group on physical symptoms (F=355.
Based on the results of previous studies on the efficacy and improvement of acceptance and commitment based treatment for a wide range of clinical problems, the present study aimed at evaluation of the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment based therapy on the mental health, hope and meaning-seeking of patients with cardiovascular diseases.
These results indicate that there is a significant difference between the mean scores of acceptance and commitment based therapy on hope improvement in the case and control groups.
57 showed significant differences between the scores of efficacy of acceptance and commitment based therapy on hope improvement in case and control groups at the significance level of 0.
Discussion and Conclusion According to the findings of the present study, acceptance and commitment based therapy are effective in improving hope in patient with cardiovascular disease.
According to the findings of the present study, acceptance and commitment based therapy are effective in improving cognition in patient with cardiovascular disease.
According to the results of this study, acceptance and commitment based therapy is effective in improving mental health in patient with cardiovascular disease.
Concluding remarks Overall, the results of the present study showed that acceptance and commitment based therapy is effective on mental health, hope and meaning- seeking in patient with cardiovascular disease.