In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Health Psychology Association

Document Type : Scientific Research

Authors

1 Ph.D. Student in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz , Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, Community Health Research Center, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.

3 Professor of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Children’s Department, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan Medical University of Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

Abstract

Objective: The occurrence of  particular  diseases, such  as cancer in children, causes severe damage to  the mental health of  mothers. This research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of compassion-focused  therapy on self-care and compassion  fatigue in mothers  of  children  with  cancer. Method: The research method was quasi-experimental with a pretest,  post-test, control group, and  45-day follow-up design. The sample size in the study was 25 mothers  of  children  with  cancer  who were selected from those referred to Omid Educational Therapeutic Center in Isfahan 2018  through a convenient sampling method and were randomly replaced into experimental and control groups (12 mothers  in  the  experimental and 13 mothers in the control group). The experimental group received eight ninety-minute compassion-therapy  intervention   sessions  over 75 days  once a week, while the control group didn't  receive any intervention during the study. The instruments research included a self-care questionnaire (Galina et al., 2015)  and  a   professional  life  quality questionnaire (Stam, 2005). Findings: The results of ANCOVA showed that compassion-focused therapy influenced self-care and compassion  fatigue  in  the mothers of children with cancer in post-test and follow-up significantly (p<0.001). Conclusion: Based on the present research findings, compassion-focused therapy is suggested to be an effective method to improve self-care and reduce compassion  fatigue  in  mothers of  children with cancer

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