Ahmad Alipour; Akbar Rezai; Touraj Hashemi; Nahid yousefpour
Volume 5, Issue 20 , January 2017, , Pages 125-136
Abstract
Objective: this study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy focused on lifestyle modification to increase monitoring vital signs and coronary heart disease and psychological well-being. Method: This study method was semi experimental Research projects was pretest-post ...
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Objective: this study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy focused on lifestyle modification to increase monitoring vital signs and coronary heart disease and psychological well-being. Method: This study method was semi experimental Research projects was pretest-post test with control group. The study sample included all patients with cardiovascular disease of Tabriz city in the first quarter of 1393. Sample study contained (40person) among people with cardiovascular patients from April to June 1393 who referred to Madani Hospital Tabriz. In this study, the first phase of random sampling was used and later on the experimental and control groups were used. The experimental group received training with cognitive behavioral therapy focused on lifestyle modification. Both groups were tested for the pre-test and post-test. A questionnaire based on the psychological well-being and a demographic chart armistice was used in this survey. To analyze the data, the mean and standard deviation, standard error of the mean and the analytical method was used for multivariate analysis of covariance. Results: The findings showed that there were diference between experimental and control groups in improvement of vital signs and psychological well-being. Conclusion: The results indicated that cognitive behavioral therapy focused on lifestyle modification to increase monitoring vital signs and psychological well-being of patients with coronary artery disease.
