Comparing the effectiveness of group therapy based on acceptance and commitment and motivational interview on health dimensions in women with breast cancer

Subject Areas : Health

Shiva Jalilvand Ghazvini ¹ , Biuk Tajeri ² , Vahid Kaveh ³ , Hasan Ahadi ⁴

1 - - Ph.D. Student, Department of Psychology, UAE Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran. [e-mail] , tel:[phone]
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Medical Oncology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
4 - Professor, Department of Psychology, Allameh University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2024-04-21 Accepted : 2024-05-30 Published : 2025-04-05

Keywords: acceptance and commitment treatment, dimensions of health, motivational interview, women with breast cancer,

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Abstract Introduction: Today, the treatment of the health problems of women with breast cancer is a health priority in families; therefore, the aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of group therapy acceptance and commitment treatment and motivational interview on health dimensions in women with breast cancer. Research method: a semi-experimental type of pre-test - post-test with a control group with follow-up, the statistical population of this research included all women aged 30-50 with breast cancer who referred to Firouzgar Hospital in Tehran in 1401 for treatment. and received mastectomy surgery. The research sample was available and included 45 people. The research tools included health control dimension scale, motivational interview therapy protocol and acceptance and commitment therapy. The data was analyzed with SPSS version 26 using statistical test of mixed analysis of variance. Findings: Two treatment intervention methods based on acceptance and commitment and motivational interview had a significant effect on the improvement of the internal health dimension in the post-test. Also, the scores of the dimension of health related to effective people and health related to chance decreased significantly. There was a difference between the scores of the research variables in the three stages of pre-test, post-test and follow-up regardless of the type of intervention. Among the two intervention methods of acceptance and commitment therapy and motivational interviewing, acceptance and commitment therapy was more effective in strengthening internal health and reducing health scores related to effective people and luck in women with breast cancer. Therefore, with both treatment methods based on commitment and acceptance and motivational interviewing, especially ACT, which was more effective, it is possible to speed up the recovery of women with breast cancer. Conclusion: Therefore, it is possible to benefit from both acceptance and commitment treatment and motivational interviewing in order to increase the mental health of women with breast cancer. © 2020 The Author(s). This work is published by family and health as an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted, provided the original work is properly cited.