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The effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on intensity pain and pain catastrophizing in women with chronic pain
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Farzaneh Shaghaghi1    , Hadi Smkhani Akbarinejhad2 |
1- MA in General Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
2- Department of Psychology, University College of Nabi AKram, Tabriz, Iran , hadiakbarinejhad@yahoo.com |
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| Background: The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on intensity pain and pain catastrophizing in women with chronic pain.
Materials and methods: This study was semi-experimental with a pretest-posttest and follow-up with a control group design. The statistical population was made up of female patients with chronic pain referred to Emma Reza hospital in Tabriz city in 2023. In total, 30 people were selected by purposive sampling method, and randomly divided into two groups (15 people each). Members of the experimental group received their treatment in eight sessions of 1.5 hours; however, the control group did not receive any treatment. Both groups answered the 20-question sleep quality Pittsburgh McGill pain intensity and 29-question Sullivan et al pain catastrophic Questionnaires, before, after and 3 months after the intervention. Data were Analyzed using ANOVA with repeated measures.
Results: The results showed that the acceptance and commitment therapy reduced the intensity pain and pain catastrophizing women with chronic pain in the post-test compared to the control group (P<0.001). The effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on intensity pain and pain catastrophizing was lasting in the follow-up phase (P<0.001).
Conclusion: It seems that acceptance and commitment therapy can reduce the intensity pain and pain catastrophizing in women with chronic pain, therefore it is likely to be a useful treatment strategy to improve the intensity and pain catastrophizing in women with chronic pain |
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| Keywords: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Intensity Pain, Pain Catastrophizing, Chronic Pain. |
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psychology
Received: 2024/03/5 | Accepted: 2024/05/13 | Published: 2025/03/30
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