Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
Associate professor in faculty of psychology, Payam-E-Noor University PNU
Abstract
MS is a disease of the central nervous system myelin echoed. That is one of the most common neurological disease affecting young adults is a disease in humans disabilities. In this regard, reform and knowledge to create the beliefs and understanding of the disease,can also contribute to a realistic perception of patients the disease,reduce the severity of the disease.The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of training mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on the perception of disease and disease severity in MS.The methods used in this study is experimental procedure that is performed in two experimental and control groups.The study population included 2500 patients with MS, the MS Society's members from Of them 30 people have voluntarily chosen sampling And randomly were divided into two experimental and control groups.Illness Perception Questionnaire Data collection was revised and expanded disability status scale was completed by patients,120 minutes of training in 8 sessions were offered to groups of 15 persons After the end of training,the scores of both groups were measured.Data were analyzed using ANCOVA.The findings of this study showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy integrated(MBCTI) on the perception of MS patients have had significant effect But the severity of the disease have had significant effect.The results showed that MBCTI with MS patients has an impact on the perception the disease And improve the patient's level of understanding and realistic, But severity of the disease (physical) in these patients did not
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