Investigating the Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Reducing Symptoms of Depression and Quality of Life among Cancer Patients in Isfahan Seyyed ul-Shohada Hospital of Isfahan City

Introduction: the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on reducing symptoms of depression and quality of life among cancer patients in Seyyed ul-Shohada Hospital of Isfahan.Method: the study employed a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental method with the control group. A number of 20 cancer patients suffering from depression were selected after primary assessment and confirmation of qualifications of the research and then, they were randomly divided into two 10 participant experimental and control groups. After that, they received 8 sessions of ACT. Beck’s Depression Inventory and Quality of Life Questionnaire were selected as instruments of the research in pretest and posttest stages. The data were analyzed using MANCOVA.Findings: the results obtained from MANCOVA indicated that ACT has a significant effect on reducing depression symptoms and the increase in quality of life among cancer patients (p<0.001).Conclusion: this intervention method may independently or with other treatment method such as pharmacotherapy for reducing depression symptoms and the increase in quality of life in cancer patients.

کلیدواژه ها:

depression ، quality of life ، cancer