Mohabbat-Bahar Sahar, Golzari Mahmoud, Moradi-Joo Mohammad, Akbari Mohammad Esmaiel
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allame Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran.
Cancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Iran J Cancer Prev. 2014 Summer;7(3):165-70.
Breast cancer is the most incident cancer and the fifth cause of death due to malignancies among Iranian women. A strong breast cancer patients' sense of meaning and purpose in life appears to decrease anxiety in their life. The present study has investigated the effectiveness of group Logotherapy on the reduction of anxiety in women with breast cancer.
The research was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and control group. For this purpose, 30 patients with breast cancer were randomly divided into two experimental group and control group. Then, all patients completed the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). The experimental group received Logotherapy-based group counseling for eight sessions; however, the control group did not receive any specific training. In the end, both groups were tested again. After collecting the questionnaires, data was analyzed by the statistic software SPSS version 18 and using analysis of covariance.
The research results showed that group Logotherapy was effective in reducing anxiety in women with breast cancer (p<0.005). In other words, this intervention could reduce anxiety in the experimental group.
The results suggest that in line with current medical treatment, psychosocial interventions can be used to reduce anxiety in the breast cancer patients.
乳腺癌是伊朗女性中最常见的癌症，也是因恶性肿瘤导致死亡的第五大原因。乳腺癌患者强烈的生活意义感和目标感似乎能减轻她们生活中的焦虑。本研究调查了团体意义疗法对减轻乳腺癌女性焦虑的效果。
本研究为准实验性研究，设有前测、后测和对照组。为此，30名乳腺癌患者被随机分为两个实验组和对照组。然后，所有患者完成贝克焦虑量表（BAI）。实验组接受基于意义疗法的团体辅导，共八次；然而，对照组未接受任何特定培训。最后，两组再次接受测试。收集问卷后，使用统计软件SPSS 18版并通过协方差分析对数据进行分析。
研究结果表明，团体意义疗法对减轻乳腺癌女性的焦虑有效（p<0.005）。换句话说，这种干预可以减轻实验组的焦虑。
结果表明，与当前的医学治疗相结合，心理社会干预可用于减轻乳腺癌患者的焦虑。
