The Effect of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) on Reduction of Psychological Symptoms among Patients with Cancer

Farhad Kahrazei; Esmat Danesh; Alireza Hydarzadegan

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The Effect of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) on Reduction of Psychological Symptoms among Patients with Cancer

Author(s):

Farhad Kahrazei^1,*,

Esmat Danesh²,

Alireza Hydarzadegan³

1Assistant professor of psychology, School of Educational and Psychology, Sistan and Balochestan University, Zahedan, Iran.

2Associate professor of psychology, School of Educational and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

3Assistant professor of Educational management, School of Educational and Psychology, Sistan and Balochestan University, Zahedan, Iran.

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 14, issue 2; e93602

Published online:Dec 19, 2011

Article type:Brief Report

Received:May 21, 2011

Accepted:Jun 08, 2011

How to Cite:Farhad KahrazeiEsmat DaneshAlireza HydarzadeganThe Effect of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) on Reduction of Psychological Symptoms among Patients with Cancer.Zahedan J Res Med Sci.14(2):e93602.

Abstract

Background: The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) on the psychological symptoms among patients with cancer.

Materials and Method: The design of the study is quasi-experimental with pretest, post-test with a control group. 30 patients were randomly allocated into two groups: experimental group (15 patients) and control group (15 patients). The independent variable was cognitive-behavioral therapy which was administrated in 9 sessions on the experimental group while there was no psychological treatment for the control group. The research instrument was SCL-90-R. The data was analyzed using covariance analysis.

Results: Cognitive-behavioral therapy led to reduction in psychological symptoms in all dimensions of SCL-90-R variables among patients of experimental group.

Conclusion: It may also be used as a supplement method enhancing standard oncological treatment and improving the physician-patient relationship. [ZJRMS, 2012 14(2): 112-116]

Keywords

Cognitive-behavior therapy

psychological symptoms

cancer

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