In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Health Psychology Association

Document Type : Scientific Research

Authors

1 M.A in psychology, Lorestan Medical Siences University, Khoram abad, Iran.

2 PhD Student of Clinical Psychology

3 Phd Student of Health Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.

4 M.A in Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Objective: Attending to the psychological symptom in patient with breast cancer because of strong influence on Incidence, progression and prognosis of this disease is very important. The aim of present study was investigating the Effectiveness of Meta-Cognitive Therapy on Depression and Rumination in Women With Breast Cancer.
 
Methods: This research was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest and follow-up (2 & 4 Month) from February to May in 2013. In this study 24 Patient with breast cancer who attended to Imam Hosein Hospital in Tehran city were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly were assigned in 2 experimental group (n=12) and control group (n=12) and Structured Clinical Interview (SCID), Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) and Ruminative Response Scale were administrated as pretest. In the end, post-test and 2 step follow-up (2 & 4 month) was administrated on two groups and data were analyzing with SPSS-20 software and multivariate covariance analysis.
 
Results: The results of the present study indicated that after administrated Meta-Cognitive Therapy there were significant differences between the control and experimental groups (p.
 
Conclotion: Considering the result of study that showed Meta-cognitive therapy in reduction of depression and rumination is effective, can be recommended that psychological screening in patient with breast cancer and attention to appropriate clinical trials for patient. 

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