Fundamentals of Mental Health

Fundamentals of Mental Health

Determining the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on anxiety and lack of tolerance of uncertainty in patients with hypertension

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Alireza Eslami 1
Pejman Barimani 1
Samaneh Doost-Mohammad 2
1 MS. in clinical psychology, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran
2 MS. in educational psychology, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran
10.22038/jfmh.2017.10085
Abstract
Introduction: The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on anxiety and lack of tolerance of uncertainty in patients with hypertension.
 
Materials and Methods: The statistical population of this clinical study consisted of all patients with hypertension who had been extracted from Shahid Beheshti hospital in Babul during the three months from September to November 2013. Among them, 32 patients were selected using non-random sampling method and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Data were collected through Beck Anxiety Scale and Uncertainty Tolerance Questionnaire. Covariance analysis was used to compare the mean scores of experimental and control groups.
 
Results: The results of the covariance test showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy reduced anxiety and lack of tolerance of uncertainty in the experimental group significantly (P<0.05).
 
Conclusion: The results of the study revealed that the use of mindfulness-based therapies can have a direct effect on reducing anxiety and lack of tolerance uncertainty in patients with hypertention.
Keywords
Anxiety
Hypertention
Cognitive Therapy
Mindfulness
Tolerance
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Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 19, special issue
May and June 2017
Pages 355-359