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Effect of acceptance and commitment based therapy on psychological symptoms, coping styles, and quality of life in patients with type 2 Diabetes
Mahmoud Hosseinpour Kohshahi, Kobra Hajializadeh, Maryam Kalhernia Golkar,
Volume 7, Issue 4 (12-2020)
Abstract
Introduction: The aim of this study was to compare the effect of acceptance and commitment-based therapy on psychological distress, coping styles, and quality of life and perception of patients with type 2 diabetes.
Methods: The present study was an applied research and in terms of research methodology, it was of pre-test post-test quasi-experimental type with the control group. The statistical population of the study included patients with type 2 diabetes who referred to medical centers and the Diabetes Association of Tehran in the age range of 30 to 60 years. An available sampling method was used to select the participants and they were randomly assigned to two groups of acceptance and commitment based therapy (n=20) and control group (n=20). Data were collected using Quality of Life Questionnaire, Conflict Response Questionnaire, Disease Perception Questionnaire and Psychological Distress Scale. Acceptance and commitment therapy (9 sessions of 90 minutes per week) was performed in the intervention group. Data were analyzed using SPSS software.
Results: The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the intervention and control groups in terms of psychological distress, body image, and eating disorders (P-Value<0.05). The mean scores of psychological distress, emotion-oriented coping styles, and attention-grabbing in the intervention group in the post-test were lower than the control group (P-Value<0.01). Also, the mean scores of problem-solving coping styles, social entertainment, quality of life, and perception of the disease in the intervention group in the post-test, were higher than those of the control group (P-Value<0.01).
Conclusion: Commitment treatment based therapy had a significant effect on psychological distress, coping styles, quality of life, and disease perception in the intervention group and this therapeutic method is proposed for reducing the psychological disorders and improving the quality of life in type 2 diabetes patients.
 

The effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on psychological distress in people with prostate cancer
Fatemeh Baniasadi, Hamdi Poursharifi, Ahmad Borjali, Bahram Mofid,
Volume 8, Issue 1 (4-2021)
Abstract
Introduction: The relationship between cancer and psychological adjustment and health-related behaviors is an important issue that is widely discussed in the world. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment based therapy on psychological distress in patients with prostate cancer.
Methods: In this quasi-experimental research, the study population included all patients with prostate cancer who referred to Labbafinejad and Shohada-e-Tajrish hospitals in Tehran in 2019. Accordingly, 40 participants were selected by the available sampling method and then randomly assigned into two experimental (n=20) and control groups (n=20). The study was performed in two qualitative and quantitative stages. Focused group discussion was used to identify the psychological problems. Acceptance and commitment therapy was performed in eight 90-minute sessions in the experimental group. The data collection tool was the standard DASS 21 psychological distress questionnaire. Mixed design with repeated measurement test was used for data analysis in SPSS ver. 26 software.
Results: The results showed that the interaction effect of intergroup, intragroup, and interactive changes for the variables of depression (F=84.530), anxiety (F=73.949), and stress (F=71.958) was significant at P-Value<0.01 level. This indicates that acceptance and commitment therapy has been able to significantly reduce depression, anxiety, and stress in the experimental group.
Conclusion: Considering the effect of commitment-based therapy and acceptance intervention in reducing the psychological distress in the experimental group, this intervention can be used to reduce psychological distress in cancer patients.
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