Comparing the effectiveness of coping skills and mindfulness-based training on pain perception in patients with renal failure

Aims: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of coping skills group training and mindfulness-based group training on pain perception in patients with kidney failure with follow up. Method and Materials: The method of the study was semi-experimental in nature with a pretest-posttest design. The statistical population of this research included all kidney failure patients who visited Kosar Hospital in ۲۰۲۱-۲۰۲۲ (from October to November). Based on this, ۴۵ renal failure patients were divided into two experimental groups and one control group using the matching method, and all three groups were administered the McGill Pain Questionnaire (۱۹۹۷) in the pretest, posttest and follow-up. Data were analyzed with SPSS-۲۶. Findings: The findings showed; there was no significant difference between the effectiveness of coping skills group training and mindfulness-based group training on pain perception in patients with kidney failure. But both intervention groups were significantly different from the control group (P<۰.۰۱). Both treatments had a lasting effect in follow-up stage. Conclusion: According the findings of this syudy, it can be said that group training of coping skills and group training based on mindfulness can affect pain perception, in patients with renal failure, and this effect continues over time.

کلیدواژه ها:

Pain perception ، group training of coping skills ، group training based on mindfulness ، patients with renal failure