The Efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Resilience among the Wives of Patients with Schizophrenia
Introduction: The wives of patients with schizophrenia experience high levels of stress due to their spouses' disease, which leads to certain problems and decreased adaptability and efficiency in them. Aim: This study investigated the efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2017-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/9514/23101_CE[Ra1]_F(GH)_PF1(P_RK)_PFA(P).pdf |
| Summary: | Introduction: The wives of patients with schizophrenia
experience high levels of stress due to their spouses' disease,
which leads to certain problems and decreased adaptability
and efficiency in them.
Aim: This study investigated the efficacy of Mindfulness-Based
Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on resilience in schizophrenia patients.
Materials and Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 40
wives of patients with schizophrenia (20 assigned to experimental
group and 20 to control group) whose husbands were kept
in rehabilitation centers for mental disorders were enrolled
according to convenience sampling. In the experimental group,
the therapeutic protocol of MBCT was conducted. Accordingly,
the patients were encouraged to process the experiences
in a non-judgmental manner as they have been formed, and
to change their relationship with and embrace challenging
thoughts and feelings. Meanwhile, the control group underwent
no intervention. The research instrument was Connor-Davidson
Resilience Scale. Data were analysed by ANCOVA in SPSS 16.
Results: At post-test, mean resilience score of the experimental
group (77.95±4.71) was much higher than that of the control
group (71.75±5.81). There was a significant difference in the
mean resilience score at post-test between the experimental
and control groups (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Training MBCT strategies was effective on resilience
in the wives of schizophrenia patients. Therefore, this approach
can be incorporated into mental health-related interventions
for the families of patients with psychiatric disorders such as
schizophrenia. |
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| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |