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The effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in anxiety and depression in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

E. Alisaleh  and
S. Ghahari
E. Alisaleh
Affiliation:
Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon Branch, Tehran, Iran
S. Ghahari
Affiliation:
Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

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Objective

The main objective of the present study is to investigate effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction in anxiety and depression in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Methods

This study is in kind of semi-experimental research in form of pretest–posttest pattern with control group. Statistical population of the study consists of all patients with multiple sclerosis referred to Iran MS Association by 2016. Sampling method in this study is available sampling and based on having inclusion criteria. Among depressed and anxiety patients 30 individuals were selected randomly and were classified in two groups with 15 people in each group. Experimental group was under mindfulness-based training on stress reduction for 8 sessions. Control group was also in waiting list. All patients in experimental and control groups fulfilled depression and anxiety inventories before and after intervention. Obtained data was analyzed using MANCOVA and in SPSS22 software.

Finding

Obtained results show that there is significant difference between the two groups in terms of anxiety and depression after intervention (P < 0.001).

Conclusion

Mindfulness-based stress reduction can help reduction of symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with MS.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Keywords

Mindfulness-based stress reductionAnxietyDepressionMultiple sclerosis (MS)
Type
e-Poster viewing: anxiety disorders and somatoform disorders
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S409
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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