The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Resuction Reduction on Working Memory, Selective Attention and Sustained Attention in Females with Multiple Sclersis (M.S)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the  effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction on Memory, Selective Attention and Sustained Attention in females with Multiple Sclerosis )M.S(. This is a quasi- experimental study with pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical population included all females with MS who referred to MS association of Mazandaran and had a medical record between 2019 and 2020 years. 30 subjects have been selected by purposive sampling method, randomly were assigned to three groups (a experimental and a control (waiting for treatment)). Then, the subjects of the experimental group received mindfulness-based stress reduction in 8 sessions, respectively. The Executive Functions Scale (Nejati, 2013) was used as a research tool in two stages: before and after education for two groups (a experimental and a control (waiting for treatment)). In the end, the findings of the analysis of Covariance showed that approache mindfulness-based stress reduction have led to an improvement in the Memory (F=55.006,p<0.05), Selective Attention (F=74.84,p<0.05),  and Sustained Attention (F=114.89,p<0.05),  in females with M.S. According to the findings of the present study, in the field of treatment and counseling of patients with MS, mindfulness-based stress reduction seems to be very effective and promising.