Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• parisa paknejad ¹
• Seyed Mojtaba Aghili ²

¹ university payam noor

² University payam noor gorgan

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction training on increasing mental health and reducing pain intensity in female patients with non-specific chronic back pain.

Methods: The present study is a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test study with a control group. Its statistical population is all women suffering from non-specific chronic back pain in the age group of 25-55 years who referred to the medical centers of Gorgan city in the winter of 1402. According to the entry criteria, 24 people were selected and then randomly divided into two experimental and control groups, 12 people were divided into the experimental group and 12 people were divided into the control group.

Research tools: Cold Berg Mental Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and Yale Haven Pain Questionnaire (WHYM) and 8-session mindfulness training based on MBSR stress reduction were used in this research. Then the research data were analyzed using SPSS26 software. was analyzed.

Findings: The results indicate that mindfulness-based stress reduction training improves mental health and reduces the pain intensity of women with non-specific chronic back pain.

Conclusion: According to the research results and the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction training on increasing mental health and reducing pain intensity, doctors and psychotherapists are recommended to use this training in their interventions. Researchers are also advised to test this training on other physical and mental patients.

Keywords

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• mindfulness-based stress reduction training"
• chronic back pain"
• mental health"
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• pain intensity"

Main Subjects

• clinical psychology