The Effectiveness of Group Hope Therapy on Hope and Depression of Mothers with Children Suffering from Cancer in Tehran

Ghazaleh  Shekarabi Ahari; Jalal Younesi; Ahmad Borjali; Shahla Ansari-Damavandi

International Journal of Cancer Management

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

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The Effectiveness of Group Hope Therapy on Hope and Depression of Mothers with Children Suffering from Cancer in Tehran

Author(s):

Ghazaleh Shekarabi Ahari^1,*,

Jalal Younesi²,

Ahmad Borjali³,

Shahla Ansari-Damavandi⁴

1Dept. of Counselling, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2Dept. of Counselling, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3Allameh Tabatabaee University, Tehran, Iran

4Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

International Journal of Cancer Management:Vol. 5, issue 4; e80829

Published online:Dec 31, 2012

Article type:Research Article

Received:Apr 10, 2012

Accepted:Sep 01, 2012

How to Cite:Ghazaleh Shekarabi AhariJalal YounesiAhmad BorjaliShahla Ansari-DamavandiThe Effectiveness of Group Hope Therapy on Hope and Depression of Mothers with Children Suffering from Cancer in Tehran.Int J Cancer Manag.5(4):e80829.

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Background: Researches mainly focus on patients who suffer from cancer. Families and parents have been neglected in these researches although they experience levels of stress, depression and anxiety. This research aims at studying the effectiveness of Hope Therapy based on group therapy on hope and depression of mothers with children suffering from cancer in Aliasghar Children's Hospital, Tehran (2010).

Methods: In this applied and semi-experimental research, 20 mothers were selected based on Snyder Hope Scale and Beck Depression Inventory (pre-test). They were randomly assigned into two groups of experimental and control. Intervention based on Hope Therapy protocol was executed on the experimental group for eight weeks (eight sessions, each lasted for 2 hours). Afterwards, posttest was performed for both groups. After eight weeks, the experimental group completed questionnaires and the follow up phase.

Results: Results demonstrated that Hope Therapy increases hope (p<0.05), and decreases depression in mothers of children with cancer (p<0.001).

Conclusion: Covariance analysis indicated that Hope Therapy significantly decreases depression and increases hope of mothers whose children suffer from cancer. Follow up results showed no significant changes in hope of this group of mothers in the two months after post-test, but depression was decreased significantly during this period. It was concluded that effectiveness of Hope Therapy may be continued during the follow up phase.

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