Effectiveness of Group Training Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Anxiety and Depression of Women with Breast Cancer

Sahar Mohabbat-Bahar; Fatemeh Maleki-Rizi; Mohammad Esmaeil Akbari; Mohammad Moradijoo

International Journal of Cancer Management

The Official Journal of Cancer Research Center (CRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

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Effectiveness of Group Training Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Anxiety and Depression of Women with Breast Cancer

Author(s):

Sahar Mohabbat-Bahar¹,

Fatemeh Maleki-Rizi²,

Mohammad Esmaeil Akbari³,

Mohammad Moradijoo^3,*

1Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allame Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

2Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

3Cancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

International Journal of Cancer Management:Vol. 8, issue 2; e80592

Published online:Apr 30, 2015

Article type:Research Article

Received:Feb 07, 2015

Accepted:Feb 18, 2015

How to Cite:Sahar Mohabbat-BaharFatemeh Maleki-RiziMohammad Esmaeil AkbariMohammad MoradijooEffectiveness of Group Training Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Anxiety and Depression of Women with Breast Cancer.Int J Cancer Manag.8(2):e80592.

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Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women that as a sudden event has profound effects on all aspects of patients’ lives. Psychosocial interventions may play important roles in reducing anxiety and depression among breast-cancer survivors. Therefore, group training based on acceptance and commitment therapy may help women to cope better with their condition, and decrease their anxiety and depression.

Methods: In a quasi-experimental study, 30 patients with breast cancer were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to 2 experimental and control groups. The experimental group attended acceptance and commitment training classes for 8 weeks continuously (each class lasting 90 minutes). Participants in both the experimental and control groups completed Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Beck Depression Inventory (BHI-) as a pretest and posttest. Analysis of Covariance was used as the statistical method.

Results: In acceptance and commitment group training, anxiety and depression significantly decreased (p<0/05). These changes were not observed in the control group.

Conclusion: The results showed that group training based on acceptance and commitment therapy is an effective method in reducing anxiety and depression. Hence psychological interventions can be used to reduce psychological difficulties of women with breast cancer.

Keywords

Breast Cancer

Treatment based on acceptance and commitment

anxiety

depression

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