reyhane sheykhan; Ezatollah Ghadampour; reza aghabozorgi
Abstract
Getting a diagnosis of breast cancer and treating, it is a stressful event that affects many aspects of mental health, including body image and quality of life. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of self compassion training on body image and quality of life in women with ...
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Getting a diagnosis of breast cancer and treating, it is a stressful event that affects many aspects of mental health, including body image and quality of life. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of self compassion training on body image and quality of life in women with breast cancer without metastasis under chemotherapy. The research design was a semi-experimental, pret-post test with control group. Twenty-nine women (according to entry criteria) were selected by referring to the office of ancolologists and Ayatollah Khansari Hospital in Arak in 1397. They were randomly divided into two groups of experimental and control. The participants responded to body image questionnaires in patients with breast cancer and quality of life as a pretest.The experimental group was trained based on self compassion package, eight sessions of 60 minutes. Finally, the participants of both groups responded to the questionnaires as a post-test.The results showed that self-compassion training, with emphasis on the three components of kindness with itself, human sharing and mind-consciousness, had a positive and significant effect on improving the body image. Also, based on the findings, the quality of life of women, especially in the physical and mental areas, in the experimental group, had a positive and significant increase compared to the control group. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the development of educational and therapeutic programs based on self compassion can help to improve the mental health and quality of life in cancer patients.
Inchenaz Asaszadeh; Majid Mahmoudalilou
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Breast cancer, being the most common type of cancer among women, causes anxiety, depression, hopelessness, and anger. Metacognitive therapy is a new approach that puts emphasis on reducing useless cognitive processes instead of the cognitive content of thoughts and also on facilitating metacognitive ...
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Breast cancer, being the most common type of cancer among women, causes anxiety, depression, hopelessness, and anger. Metacognitive therapy is a new approach that puts emphasis on reducing useless cognitive processes instead of the cognitive content of thoughts and also on facilitating metacognitive processing. Based on the single-case experimental research, the study intended to examine the effectiveness of metacognitive therapy on depression and hope-to-life in women with breast cancer. The study drew on a multiple-baseline design in which three individuals from Women’s Breast Cancer Association in Tabriz received the intended 8-session treatment. The instruments used for data gathering were Beck Depression Inventory (BDI –II) and Life Expectancy scale. Results show that the highest percentage of improvement was related to physical and emotional symptoms of depression and also to the life expectancy, which was 75% and the lowest percentage was 50%. Concerning the cognitive symptoms of depression, the highest percentage of improvement was 100% and the lowest was 50%. Findings also suggest that the effectiveness of the metacognitive therapy for the three participants was consistent at the follow-up testing. Therefore, it is suggested that metacognitive therapy be used for reducing depression and increasing life expectancy in women with breast cancer.
Atiyeh Saffārzādeh; Rasūl Roshan; Jalāleddin Shams
Volume 2, Issue 6 , February 2012, , Pages 1-23
Abstract
Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral stress management in reducing the anxiety, depression and stress of women with breast cancer.
Method: This study is experimental with a pretest-posttest control group design. The study population was limited ...
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Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral stress management in reducing the anxiety, depression and stress of women with breast cancer.
Method: This study is experimental with a pretest-posttest control group design. The study population was limited to women with breast cancer who had referred to Mostafa-Khomeyni Hospital from among which 18 patients were selected and randomly assigned between two groups: experimental group (n=9) and control group (n=9). The independent variable was cognitive-behavioral stress management which was administrated in 10 weekly sessions on the experimental group while there was no psychological treatment for the control group. The research instrument was DASS-21 and HADS. The data was analyzed using covariance analysis and based on 16 patients experience surveys.
Results: Cognitive–behavioral stress management led to reduction in the anxiety, depression and stress in DASS-21 and HADS variables among patients of the experimental group (with the anxiety and depression (P<0/01) and stress (P<0/05)).
Conclusion: Cognitive–behavioral stress management for women with breast cancer may also be used as a supplement method enhancing standard oncological treatment.
