Fundamentals of Mental Health

Fundamentals of Mental Health

Comparison of the efficacy of acceptance and commitment group therapy (ACT) with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on hemodialysis patients in terms of anxiety and depression

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Masoumeh Yasaie Sokeh 1
Abdollah Shafiabadi 2
Valiollah Farzad 3
1 Ph.D. student. in consulting, Research Science Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Professor of counseling, Psychology and Educational Sciences Faculty, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran
3 Associate professor of general psychology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
10.22038/jfmh.2017.9127
Abstract
Introduction: This study compared the efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Group Therapy (ACT) with Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on hemodialysis patients in terms of anxiety and depression.
 
Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, among the hemodialysis patients referred to Imam Khomeini in Shirvan and Imam Ali hospital in Bojnord, 42 hemodialysis patients were selected by convenient sampling method and they were randomly divided in three groups of ACT, MBCT and control (each group 14 people). ACT and MBCT groups were treated for 8 sessions of 90 minutes (one weekly session). In this study, Beck anxiety and depression inventories were used to collect data. Data was analyzed using analysis of covariance.
 
Results: The findings showed that both treatment methods were efficient on anxiety and depression in hemodialysis patients but the efficacy of ACT on the depression variable is greater than MBCT and efficiency of MBCT on anxiety variable is greater than the ACT.
 
Conclusion: It seems that Acceptance and Commitment Group Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) are effective on hemodialysis patients in terms of anxiety and depression.
 
Keywords
Acceptance and commitment therapy
Anxiety
Depression
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
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Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 19, special issue
May and June 2017
Pages 317-324