The effectiveness of short- solution- focused brief group therapy of the functional scale quality of life in women with breast cancer

Breast cancer is known as the most prevalent cancer among women. The cancer and its treatments have many symptoms and side effects and impress Life quality of patients and their family members.Therefore, they need the knowledge, understanding and abilities rather than factors influencing the quality of their lives. This study has been accomplished to explore the effect of Short Solution- Focused Brief Group Therapy on quality of life in women with breast cancer. The present study is an applied aquasi-experimental study. Data were analyzed by SPSS software using covariance analysis. Thestatistical population of this study was breast cancer patients who were selected by the Research Center for Breast Cancer in Tehran. Thirty-five selected volunteers were selected from among the clients. The research was randomly divided into intervention and control groups, which were interrupted for 5 sessions of 1.5 hours, once day a week. The research tools included demographic questionnaire,questionnaire information about the disease and treatment and quality of life are two standard questionnaires (QLQ-C30, QLQ-Br23). Family-centered empowerment model in the intervention group and post-test after the was examined. This template consists of two areas of quality of life, including general, and functional scales The results showed that the implementation of model improved the general functional scales (physical, role, cognitive, emotional and social) for patients in the intervention group (P<0.01). The specific function of scales in both groups after the intervention in terms of body image, sexual performance and sexual pleasure, showd no significant difference (P> 0.05) but attitude to the future was improved in the inter vention group. The results showed that the implementation of a solution- focused brief group therapy has affected on promoting general and specific functional scales (except body image, sexual function and sexual pleasure) and the level of quality of life in women with breast cancer

کلیدواژه ها:

Breast Cancer ، Cancer Prevention ، Cancer Risks ، Lifestyle and Cancer ، Cancer Treatment and Management