Effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on the quality of life and resiliency in cardiac surgery patients

This study is intended to evaluate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on the quality of life and resiliency of cardiac surgery patients. This quasi-experimental (pretest-posttest) study was performed on an experiment and a control group. Follow-up test was taken two months after pretest. Study statistical society included all cardiac surgery patients in Valieasr Hospital, Ghaemshahr, in January and February ۲۰۱۸ and have a medical record (n=۱۱۲). Due to the quasi-experimental nature of the study, ۳۰ patients were considered as sample size and selected via convenient sampling. These patients were assigned to experiment and control group (۱۵ patients in each group). WHO quality of life questionnaire (۱۹۹۶) and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (۲۰۰۳) were data collection tools in this study. Both experiments and control groups answered these questionnaires. After performing the pretest, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) was performed for cardiac surgery patients in the experiment group by trained psychology Ph.D. students while patients in control group received no treatment. ۸ ACT sessions were performed for experiment group. Afterward, posttest of questionnaires was completed by both groups. Subsequently, collected data of posttest were collected and analyzed. Moreover, these questionnaires were taken once again (۲ months after posttest) in the follow-up step and the collected data were analyzed. Results of covariance analysis showed that ACT significantly affects both assessed psychological variables in the pretest and posttest. Acceptance and commitment therapy improved the quality of life and resilience in cardiac surgery patients in experiment group.

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Commitment therapy ، Quality of Life ، Cardiac surgery