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Shirin Shirali, Zahra Dashtbozorgi,
Volume 7, Issue 4 (3-2019)
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Aim. This study aimed to determine the effect of existential group therapy on distress tolerance, existential anxiety, meta-worry and health worry in elderly women with cardiovascular disease.
Background. Elderly women with cardiovascular disease have major problems in psychological health and one of the intervention methods for reducing psychological problems is existential group therapy.
Method. This study was a semi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design with control group. In this study, 40 elderly women with cardiovascular disease referred to Mehr hospital of Ahvaz city in 2018, were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly divided into experimental and control group. Experimental group experienced 10 sessions of 60 minutes duration existential group therapy and the control group was placed on the waiting list for training. Research tools were the questionnaires distress tolerance, existential anxiety, meta-worry and health worry. Data were analyzed in SPSS software version 21 with using independent t-tests and multivariate analysis of covariance.
Findings. Before intervention, there was no statistically significant difference between the groups in distress tolerance, existential anxiety, meta-worry and health worry, but after intervention, a statistically significant difference was observed between groups in terms of all four variables (P≤0.0001). In the other words, the method of existential group therapy increased distress tolerance (F=52.158, P≤0.0001), and decreased existential anxiety (F=67.813, P≤0.0001), meta-worry (F=59.766, P≤0.0001) and health worry (F=60.475, P≤0.0001) in elderly women with cardiovascular disease.
Conclusion. The results indicated the effect of existential group therapy on increasing distress tolerance and decreasing existential anxiety, meta-worry and health worry in elderly women with cardiovascular disease. It is recommended that clinical psychologists and therapists use the method of existential group therapy along with other therapeutics methods for improving psychological health of elderly women with cardiovascular disease.
Zahra Dashtbozorgi , Khadijeh Moghadam, Fatemeh Moghadam,
Volume 10, Issue 1 (3-2021)
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Aim. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of stress-based mindfulness therapy on psychological well-being and Covid-19 anxiety in people with cardiovascular disease in Karaj, Iran.
Background. During the Covid-19 pandemic, people with cardiovascular disease have had many problems in the field of psychological health including anxiety. One of the effective modalities to manage anxiety is mindfulness therapy that potentially reduces stress and may affects psychological well-being.
Method. This was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study with a control group. The statistical population of the study included all women with cardiovascular disease in Karaj, Iran. Thirty people of the target population were selected by convenience sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control group (15 people in each group). The research instruments included psychological well-being questionnaire (1989) and Corona anxiety questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance) in SPSS software version 19.
Findings The results showed the effect of stress-based mindfulness on psychological well-being and Corona anxiety in women with cardiovascular disease (p≤0.0001). The intervention explained 43% of the variance of psychological well-being and 24% of the Corona anxiety.
Conclusion. Considering the effectiveness of stress-based mindfulness therapy on psychological well-being and Corona anxiety in people with cardiovascular disease, it is suggested to apply this treatment method in psychological clinics and health centers to improve mental health.
Mitra Hasanehzadeh Kiani, Zahra Dashtbozorgi, Marjan Alizadeh,
Volume 10, Issue 1 (3-2021)
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Aim. This study was conducted to compare the effect of positivism education and health promoting lifestyle education on psychological well-being and health anxiety in people with cardiovascular disease.
Background. People with cardiovascular disease have problems in the terms of psychological well-being and health anxiety and positivism education and health promoting lifestyle education are likely to be effective in improving psychological well-being and health anxiety.
Method: The present study was a semi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The study population consisted of people with cardiovascular disease who referred to Golestan Hospital of Ahvaz city, Iran, in 2021. Sixty people were recruited by purposive sampling method based on inclusion criteria and randomly assigned to three equal groups. Experimental groups separately underwent 8 sessions of 90-minute duration by positivism education and health promoting lifestyle education, respectively, and during this time the control group did not receive any intervention. Data were collected by the demographic information form, short form health anxiety inventory and psychological well-being revisited questionnaire, and were analyzed by Chi-square, univariate analysis of variance, multivariate analysis of covariance and Bonferroni post-hoc test in SPSS-19 software.
Findings. The findings showed that the experimental and control groups did not significantly differ in terms of gender, education level, age and duration of cardiovascular disease. Both methods of positivism education and health promoting lifestyle education were effective in improving psychological well-being and health anxiety in people with cardiovascular disease (P≤0.0001), but there was no statistically significant difference between the intervention methods in improving psychological well-being and health anxiety.
Conclusion. The effect of both methods of positivism education and health promoting lifestyle education on improving psychological well-being and health anxiety was confirmed and there was no significant difference between these methods in improving psychological well-being and health anxiety. Therefore, health professionals and therapists can use both methods to improve health-related characteristics.
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