The Effect of Stress Management Model in Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Women

نویسندگان

  • Anahita Khodabakhshi Koolaee
  • Mohammad Reza Falsafinejad
  • Mohammd Esmaeil Akbari
چکیده

BACKGROUND Breast cancer associates with severs severe distress and stress. Since Because of that, the stress management program can train necessary skills to cope with stress; therefore, the current study investigates the effectiveness of stress management on enhancement of quality of life. OBJECTIVES The aim of the current study is to examine the effectiveness of stress management model in quality of life for breast cancer patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS This research is a quasi-experimental study with pre and post-tests. The 21 subjects were selected from cancer institute of Imam Khomeini in Tehran in 2014. The participants were allocated to two matched groups based on their pre-test scores. They were assigned randomly to the control and experimental groups. Stress management was conducted with the experimental group during 10 sessions. Then the questionnaire was administered at post-test. Statistical analysis was conducted by using the independent t-test and analysis of variance. The research instrument was the core quality of life questionnaire QLQ-C30. RESULTS The results of the independent t-test showed that there is a significant difference between the pretest and post-test scores in the experimental group (P < 0.05). Also, there is no significant difference between means of quality of life subscales and socio demographic of the patients such as; age, education and disease stage (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The results indicate that stress management can change the irrational and distortion thoughts. So, it enhances the quality of life in breast cancer patients.

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دوره 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015