Bentolhoda Kolahkaj|Fatemeh Zargar
Effect of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Anxiety, Depression and Stress in Women With Multiple Sclerosis
Islamic Azad University, Isfahan|Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
background studies suggest mindfulnessbased interventions improve anxiety depression stress patients multiple sclerosis mshowever study investigated effectiveness method patients combination problems depression anxiety stress simultaneouslyhowever comorbidities depression anxiety ms prevalentobjectives study aimed assess effects mindfulnessbased stress reduction mbrs anxiety depression stress women multiple sclerosispatients methods randomized controlled clinical trial performed 2013 ahvaz ms societyforty eight patients selected convenient sampling randomly assigned experimental control groupsthe patients two groups filled depression anxiety stress scale dass21 initiation study 8 weeks later 1 month end interventionthe experimental group received 8 sessions mbrs control group treated usualfinally data 40 patients analyzed using ttest chi square repeated measures analysis varianceresults mbsr group mean depression anxiety stress reduced significantly p 0001the mean depression score 835 178 intervention reduced 480 083 445 060 intervention followup p 0001also mean anxiety score 890 197 intervention significantly reduced 470 138 455 099 intervention followup p 0001the mean stress score also 880 235 treatment 480 167 470 134 intervention followup p 0001conclusions study showed mbsr training reduce mean depression anxiety stress scores patients msthese findings suggest mbsr useful psychological problems depression anxiety stress patients ms