Mohammad Behnammoghadam|Ali Karam Alamdari|Aziz Behnammoghadam|Fatemeh Darban
Effect of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) on Depression in Patients With Myocardial Infarction (MI)
Yasuj University of Medical Sciences|Yasuj University of Medical Sciences|Islamic Azad University Yasuj|Iranshahr University
coronary heart disease important cause death inability communities depressive symptoms frequent among postmyocardial infarction mi patients may cause negative effects cardiac prognosis study conducted identify efficacy emdr depression patients mithis study clinical trial sixty patients mi selected simple sampling separated randomly experimental control groups collect data demographic questionnaire beck depression questionnaire used experimental group emdr therapy performed three sessions alternate days 4590 minutes four months mi depression level patients measured week emdr therapy data analyzed using paired test ttest chisquarethe mean depression level experimental group 2726641 intervention 1176371 intervention hence showed statistically significant difference p0001 mean depression level control group 2453581 intervention 3166609 intervention showed statistically significant difference p0001 comparison mean depression level post treatment groups showed statistically significant difference p0001emdr effective useful efficient noninvasive method treatment reducing depression patients mi