EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COGNITIVEBEHAVIORAL THERAPY ON WORRY, RUMINATION, AND ASTHMA CONTROL IN PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA

Patients with asthma experience high levels of stress. Asthma is a major health
problem in most parts of the world. Psychological therapies can play a major role in reducing healthrelated
disorders such as worry, rumination, and asthma control. The present study investigates the
effectiveness of group cognitive-behavioral therapy on worry, rumination, and asthma control in patients
with asthma.
Materials & Methods: This quasi-experimental study was a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up with a
control group. The statistical population of the present study consisted of all patients with asthma in
Urmia in 2019. Twenty-four patients with asthma were selected by purposive sampling after reviewing
the inclusion criteria and then they were randomly divided into two groups of 12 (experimental group
and control group). The two groups were evaluated in the pre-test using the Nalin Hooksma and Murrow
(1991) mental rumination questionnaire, the Penstet Zeinberg and Barlow questionnaire (PSWQ) and
the asthma control test (ACT). The experimental group then underwent group cognitive-behavioral
therapy while the control group did not receive any psychological intervention. At the end of eight
sessions of treatment, the experimental and control groups in the post-test and follow-up stages were
evaluated again by questionnaires. Then, the data were analyzed by analysis of covariance.
Results: The results showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy had a significant effect on worry and
asthma control in the experimental group but was not significant in the rumination variable despite the
difference.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that cognitive-behavioral therapy can be effective as a complementary
therapy along with drug therapy in people with asthma