zahra solgi; ameneh kamarhkani
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Objective: : Menstrual pain syndrome B as one of the most common gynecological problems in addition to health consequences has a negative impact on quality of life. Also the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness training on psychological helplessness and sleep quality in ...
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Objective: : Menstrual pain syndrome B as one of the most common gynecological problems in addition to health consequences has a negative impact on quality of life. Also the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness training on psychological helplessness and sleep quality in girls with menstrual pain syndrome. Method: The research was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design with a control and two-month follow-up group. The statistical population included all female students of Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah branch in 2021, who were selected by available sampling method of 40 people and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups (20 people in each group). Mindfulness was applied to the experimental group in 8 sessions of 1 hour (60 minutes) but the control group did not receive any intervention. Data were collected using premenstrual screening questionnaire, sleep quality questionnaire and psychological helplessness questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and repeated measures analysis of varias and SPSS statistical software were used to analyze the data. Findings: Mindfulness training program was effective in reducing psychological helplessness in the post-test phase (F= 74.19, P= 0.002 and Eta= 0.67). There was a significant difference between the mean sleep quality scores of the subjects in the two groups in the post-test stage (F= 13.85, P= 0.001 and Eta= 0.58). The positive effects of mindfulness training in the follow-up phase were sustained for research variables. Conclusion: It can be concluded that Mindfulness training has been an effective way to improve sleep quality and psychological health of patients with menstrual pain.
seyedeh fatemeh edalatian hoseini; saeed teimory; fereshteh yazdanpanah
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Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based psychotherapy on psychological helplessness, acceptance and pain intensity in People with symptoms of back pain. Method: In order to achieve the research goal, 28 people suffered from chronic low back pain symptoms ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based psychotherapy on psychological helplessness, acceptance and pain intensity in People with symptoms of back pain. Method: In order to achieve the research goal, 28 people suffered from chronic low back pain symptoms by sampling method were selected and randomly assigned to the control and experimental groups and were assessed using multidimensional pain questionnaires, pain acceptance questionnaire and Psychological helplessness questionnaires. The experimental group underwent 8 sessions of treatment intervention and the collected data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance. Findings: The results of covariance analysis showed that mindfulness-based psychotherapy had a significant effect on pain severity, pain acceptance and Psychological helplessness of the experimental group compared to the control group. (p<0.05). Conclusion: The results of the study indicate that the effect of mindfulness-based psychotherapy on psychological helplessness, acceptance and pain intensity in people with back pain symptoms can be used as an effective method.