| چکیده انگلیسی مقاله |
Objective: Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) interventions increase psychological flexibility and improve mental health and quality of life in patients with myocardial infarction.
Study design: A controlled clinical trial study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of an ACT intervention in improving the quality of life in patients with MI in Isfahan, Iran.
Method: The present controlled clinical trial with a pre and post-test design was conducted on a statistical population consisting of patients with MI admitted to hospitals in Isfahan (n = 60) who were selected through sequential sampling based on the study inclusion criteria and were randomly divided into an intervention and a control group (n1 = n2 = 30). The case group received 8 weekly 90-minute sessions of ACT and the control group received no interventions. The pretest-posttest design was administered in both groups using a demographic questionnaire and the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) designed to assess the health status of patients with heart failure in terms of quality of life. The data obtained were analyzed in SPSS-20 using descriptive statistics and the ANCOVA.
Results: In this study, 2 general areas of quality of life, including physical and mental health, were examined in the patients. There was a significant increase in the quality of life and subscales of mental and physical health in the experimental group (p < 0.001).
Conclusion: Considering the effectiveness of ACT in improving quality of life in these patients, this method of intervention can be used as a complementary therapy in health care centers to reduce the side-effects experienced by these patients. |
| نویسندگان مقاله |
| leila ahmadi
PhD candidate of health education and promotion Isfahan University of Medical Science
| Reza Bagherian
Ph.D in Health Psychology, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Isfahan, Iran
| Awat Feizi
Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
| Atefeh Afshari
PhD of Health Education and Health Promotion, Department of Public Health, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan,
| Firoozeh Mostafavi Darani
Associate Professor, Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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