Objective: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) causes a debilitating disease that affects the involved patient’s life. Therefore, investigating and introducing effective interventions to improve the status of these patients are among the necessities of modern research. This study aimed to investigate the effects of Compassion-focused Therapy (CFT) on enhancing psychological wellbeing, life expectancy, and psychological flexibility in HIV-infected patients.
Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test-follow-up and a control group design. The statistical population included all patients with an active file in the Tehran Blood Transfusion Organization who were eligible to participate in the study according to inclusion criteria. Thirty-four cases were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly assigned into two groups of CFT and control (n=17/group). During the research process, 2 subjects from the experimental group and 2 subjects from the control group were removed. The study participants were assessed before, after, and three months after the intervention using the Ryff Psychological Well-being Questionnaire, Schneider’s Hope Scale, and Bond’s Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed using repeated-measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) in SPSS.
Results: The present research findings suggested that psychological wellbeing (F=112.83, P=0.001) life expectancy (F=117.02, P=0.001), and psychological flexibility (F=65.61, P=0.001) significantly increased in the CFT group, compared to the controls (P>0.001).
Conclusion: The obtained data revealed that CFT was effective in increasing psychological wellbeing, life expectancy, and psychological flexibility in HIV-infected patients.
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● Compassion-focused therapy effectively enhanced psychological wellbeing in HIV-infected patients.
● Compassion-focused therapy was effective in the improvement of life expectancy and psychological flexibility in HIV-infected patients.
● Compassion-focused therapy effectively improved psychological wellbeing, life expectancy, and psychological flexibility in patients with HIV.
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV) is a progressive and prevalent disease. Individuals receiving modern therapies have a longer lifespan, but dealing with the disease and its therapeutic side effects significantly impact their mental health. These patients need to receive psychotherapy. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of recent interventions on the psychological status of this group. In this study, the effectiveness of compassion-based therapy, which is one of the new therapies in psychotherapy approaches, was evaluated in patients with HIV. The relevant results suggested that this treatment improved mental health, psychological flexibility, and life expectancy in the study participants.
Type of Study:
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Cognitive behavioral Received: 2020/04/25 | Accepted: 2020/08/10 | Published: 2020/10/1