Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) In Stress and Fatigue in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 7
Abstract
Multiple sclerosis (MS) disease can lead to creation of mental and behavioral disorders such as stress and fatigue. Controlling the problems in patients is essential. Hence, this study has considered effectiveness of mindfulnessbased stress reduction in stress and fatigue symptoms in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).this study is in kind of semi-experimental research in form of pretest posttest pattern with control group. Statistical population of the study consists of all patients with multiple sclerosis referred to Iran MS Association by 2016. Sampling method in this study is available sampling and based on having inclusion criteria. among patients who gained point higher than 21.8 in stress inventory and point higher than 5.1 in fatigue inventory, 30 people are selected as sample randomly and are placed in 2 groups with 15 people in each group. The experimental group was placed under mindfulnessbased stress reduction (MBSR) training course including 8 sessions with 2hrs per session. k\however, no intervention was done in control group. All patients in experimental and control groups fulfilled stress and fatigue inventories before and after intervention. obtained data was analyzed using MANCOVA and in SPSS22 software. obtained results show that there is significant difference between the two groups in terms of stress and fatigue after intervention (p<0.001).according to obtained results, it could be found that treatment method of mindfulness-based stress reduction can help reduction of symptoms of stress and fatigue in patients with MS.
Authors and Affiliations
Ebrahimi Alisaleh | MA of Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon Branch, Ghahari Shahrbanoo| PhD, Assistant professor of clinical psychology, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS).Center of Excellence in psychiatry, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Tehran, Iran Corresponding Email: michka2004@gmail.com
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