Asadnia, S and Mosarrezaii Aghdam, A and Saadatmand, S and Sepehrian Azar, F and Torabzadeh, N (2015) EXAMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COGNITIVE – BEHAVIOUR THERAPY ON IMPROVING DEPRESSION AND DECREASING ANXIETY SYMPTOMS OF MULTIPLE SCHLOROSIS PATIENTS (MS). The Journal of Urmia University of Medical Sciences, 25 (11). pp. 1023-1032.
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Abstract
Multiple schlorosis patients have high levels of depression and anxiety which
make psychological interventions, psychotherapy and systematic educations necessary for these
patients. So the current research is aimed at examining the effectiveness of cognitive –behavior
therapy on improving depression and decreasing anxiety symptoms of multiple sclerosis patients.
Materials & Methods: This pre-post test design study was conducted on 32 multiple sclerosis patients
that received high scores in Beck Depression Inventory and Cattell Anxiety Inventory questionnaire
were selected and randomly replaced in the experimental and control groups (each 16 members). The
experimental group received fourteen 60-minute weekly sessions of cognitive behavior therapy. The
control group received no intervention. Participants completed anxiety and depression questionnaires
10 days after intervention. The data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics such as
covariance test.
Results: The results showed that cognitive behavior therapy has positive and significant effects on
improving depression and decreasing anxiety symptoms of multiple sclerosis patients (P < .005).
Conclusion: The results showed that besides other drug therapies, cognitive behavior therapy can be
applied for multiple sclerosis patients as an effective approach
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cognitive behavior intervention, Depression, Anxiety, Multiple sclerosis |
Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email gholipour.s@umsu.ac.ir |
Date Deposited: | 01 Nov 2017 05:54 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2019 08:58 |
URI: | https://eprints.umsu.ac.ir/id/eprint/3212 |