Effectiveness of Group Therapy Based on Detached Mindfulness Meta-cognitive Model on Hypertension-suffering Female Patient's Hypertension and Anxiety

The purpose of this research was surveying effectiveness of group therapy based on detached mindfulness meta-cognitive model on hypertension-suffering female patients’ hypertension and anxiety. For this، 30 women suffering hypertension were selected by simple random sampling and were categorized in two test group (15 persons) and control group (15 persons). The methodology of research was testing. The applied tools were Beck anxiety questionnaire and mercury manometer. Test group attended in 8-session group therapy based on detached mindfulness meta-cognitive model. The resulted data were analyzed by covariance analysis test. Findings showed that group therapy based on detached mindfulness meta-cognitive model could reduce female patients’ hypertension and anxiety.