The Effect of Problem Solving Therapy on Breast CancerWomen

被引：2

作者：

Taeidi, Elham ^{[1
]}

Montazeri, Simmin ^{[2
]}

Behroozi, Nasser ^{[3
]}

Zadeh, Mohammad Hosein Haghighy ^{[4
]}

Deilami, Ahmad Ahmadzadeh ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Ahvaz Jundishapur Univ Med Sci, Ahvaz, Iran

[2] Ahvaz Jundishapur Univ Med Sci, Dept Midwifery, Reprod Hlth Promot Res Ctr, Ahvaz, Iran

[3] Shahid Chamran Univ Ahvaz, Dept Educ Psychol, Ahvaz, Iran

[4] Ahvaz Jundishapur Univ Med Sci, Stat Dept, Ahvaz, Iran

[5] Ahvaz Jundishapur Univ Med Sci, Dept Med, Ahvaz, Iran

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER MANAGEMENT | 2018年 / 11卷 / 09期

关键词：

Psychological Wellbeing; Problem Solving Therapy; Breast Cancer;

D O I：

10.5812/ijcm.69336

中图分类号：

R73 [肿瘤学];

学科分类号：

100214 ;

摘要：

Background: Womenwith breast cancer experience major problems. Onecounseling methodimproving mental health is problem solving therapy (PST). Since psychological wellbeing is a measure of mental health, individuals with poor psychological wellbeing are subject to depression and anxiety. Therefore, improvement of psychological wellbeing results in physical and mental health. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of problem solving therapy on the psychological wellbeing of women with breast cancer. Methods: This clinical trial was performed on 34 women affected with breast cancer. Convenience sampling was employed to collect samples in Shafa Specialty Hospital of Ahvaz, Iran (2017). Patients were randomly assigned into intervention (n = 17) and control group (n = 17). Problem solving therapy was applied in 8 ninety-minute sessions weekly. The Data were gathered using the demographic questionnaire and Ryff ' s psychological wellbeing questionnaire, including 84 items. In a one-month follow-up study, the patients filled in Ryff's psychological wellbeing questionnaire again. Results: The results of investigating the effect of group problem solving therapy on psychological wellbeing revealed that the average of psychological wellbeing of pretest, posttest and follow-up study of the weekly intervention group was 240.94 +/- 4.84, 421 +/- 11.11, and 429.52 +/- 10.94, respectively. In fact, all scores showed an increase. However, the scores of the pretest and follow-up study of the control group showed no increase. The highest score belonged to environmental mastery dimension. The mean of environmental mastery of intervention group in pretest, posttest and follow-up study was 40.00 +/- 4.18, 76.11 +/- 2.54, and 77.05 +/- 2.10, respectively. Therefore, problem solving therapy improves the psychological wellbeing of the patients (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Problem Solving Therapy can be applied to improve psychological wellbeing of women with breast cancer.

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