masoud hashemi; elham frozandeh; maryam heydarpour
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Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of acceptance and commitment based therapy on the emotional distress and Commitment to Treatment in diabetic patients with depression. Method: The present study was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest, control group and three-month ...
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Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of acceptance and commitment based therapy on the emotional distress and Commitment to Treatment in diabetic patients with depression. Method: The present study was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest, control group and three-month follow-up period design. The statistical population included type-2 diabetic people with depression who referred to therapy centers of Isfahan in spring and summer of 2022. 33 diabetic patients with depression were selected through purposive sampling method and were randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received acceptance and commitment based therapy sessions (Ten sessions) during Ten weeks. The applied questionnaires included Depression Questionnaire (DQ) (Beck, Epstein, Brown, Steer, 1996) Emotional Distress Questionnaire (EDQ)(Kessler, et.al, 2002) and Commitment to Treatment Questionnaire (TCQ) (Morisky, Ang, Krousel-Wood, Ward, 2008). The data from the study were analyzed through mixed ANOVA and Bonferroni follow-up test using SPSS 23 statistical software. Findings: The results showed that acceptance and commitment based therapy has significant effect on the depression, emotional distress and Commitment to Treatment in diabetic patients with depression (p<0001) and leads to the decrease of depression and emotional distress and improvement of Commitment to Treatment in these patients. Conclusion: According to the findings of the present study, ACT can be used as an efficient method to decrease emotional distress and improve Commitment to Treatment in the diabetic patients with depression through employing six main processes of acceptance, fusion, observer self, relationship with the present time, value and committed action.
Z Barghi irani; H. Zare; M. Abedin
Volume 4, Issue 14 , May 2015, , Pages 113-128
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Objective: Acceptance-based therapies increase psychological flexibility and improve mental health in people with chronic pains. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of acceptance and commitment based therapy (ACT) on increasing the psychological capital of esophageal cancer patients. ...
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Objective: Acceptance-based therapies increase psychological flexibility and improve mental health in people with chronic pains. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of acceptance and commitment based therapy (ACT) on increasing the psychological capital of esophageal cancer patients. Method: This study used quasi-experimental method and a pretest-posttest plan with a control group. Participants consisted of 32 women with esophageal cancer who were selected using convenience sampling method and were randomly divided into two groups of experimental and control groups. Our measuring tool was Psychological Capital Questionnaire which was completed by the participants. Then, the participants in the experimental group participated in 8 sessions of 45 min of acceptance and commitment based therapy. Analysis of variance method was used to analyze data. Results: Data analysis showed that acceptance and commitment based therapy had significantly increased the psychological capital and its subscales in the experimental group, compared to the control group. Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, acceptance and commitment based therapy increases psychological capitals of esophageal cancer patients and represents new horizons in clinical interventions and thus could be used as an effective interventional method.
