effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (mbsr) on anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in patients with hiv/ aids

abstract introduction: mindfulness plays an important role in improving psychological functions of chronic patients. therefore the aim of this study was investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (mbsr) on symptoms of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress in patients with hiv/ aids. method: this was an experimental design with pre-test, post-test along with follow-up group. using convenience sampling 30 hiv/ aids patients were selected. they were randomly assigned into two groups of experiment and control. the experimental group underwent mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy within two months.  the scores of beck beck depression inventory-ii (bdi-ii) , beck anxiety inventory (bai)  and impact of event scale - revised (ies-r) , were collected from the two groups in pre-test, post-test and in a two-month follow up. data were analyzed using mixed analysis of variance test.   results: results in the post-test and follow up indicated that mbsr in experimental group, significantly reduced symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder  (p˂0.05), anxiety (p˂0.05) and depression (p˂0.05) in hiv/ aids patients. conclusion: results of this study revealed the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction on psychological functions in patients with hiv. according to these results and the mechanism of its effectiveness, this therapy can have good therapeutic implications.