Document Type : Original Article

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1 PhD student in Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Sari branch, Sari, Iran

2 Professor, Department of Psychology, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran

Abstract

Background: Dyspepsia causes psychological problems and decreases psychological health; therapeutic interventions are needed to solve these problems.  This study was designed aiming to determine the effectiveness of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness on psychological disturbance and psychological capital of patients with dyspepsia.
Materials and Methods: This semi-experimental research was designed with a pre-test-post-test and a control group. The statistical population included patients with a diagnosis of indigestion without ulcers in the clinic of Tuba Gastroenterology in Sari and Ghaemshahr cities. Overall, 30 people were selected through convenience sampling method and were randomly and by drawing lot assigned into experimental and control groups. The people in the experimental group received mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. Two questionnaires of psychological disturbance and psychological capital were employed.
Results: The results showed that before the intervention there was no significant difference between the average scores of psychological disturbance and psychological capital in the experimental and control groups, but there was a statistically significant difference between the average scores in the intervention and control groups after the intervention. The mean and standard deviation of psychological disturbance in the post-test and psychological capital was 3.33±35.40 and 5.96±81.33, respectively (P<0.001).
Conclusion: According to the results of this research, mindfulness cognitive therapy reduced the symptoms of psychological disturbance and increased psychological capital in patients with dyspepsia. So the use of this method is recommended as an effective strategy to reduce the psychological problems of patients.

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