Comparison effectiveness of Mindfulness-Bsed Cognitive therapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction method on Stress among Nurses in Psychiatric Hospital

Stress is a common issue in todays industrial life and many people have some forms of stress. Nurses in psychiatric hospitals experience a wider range of stress affecting their aspects of life as well as physical and mental health. The aim of this study was to compare mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction on the stress of nurses in psychiatric hospitals.

The present study was a quasi-exprimental pertest-posttest with the control group, Placebo and a three months follow up. The statistical population included nurses working in three psychiatric hospitals in 1398 which was randomy selected among specialized psychiatric hospital in Tehran. 363 questionnaires were completed and received. Among the 73 people who had stress symptoms after entering and exiting the criteria, 60 people were selected by voluntery sampling and randomly assigned to four groups (two experimental groups, placebo group and control group) 8 people of which were omitted. The research tools were a demographic questionnaire and a stress sign questionnaire. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction package was held in 8 sessions of 1:30 hours each procedure was performed for one experimental group. Data analysis was performed using spss 25 software.

The results showed that the main stress score of both experimental groups mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction contented a significant increase in the posttest group than placebo and control group and mindfulness-based stress reduction has a greater effect on the psycho-emotional signs of stress than mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and this increase has remined relatively constant during the follow-up phase.

The findings of the present study indicate that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction in the posttest and follow-uo phase, significantly reduced stress signs in psychiatric hospital nurses, and mindfulness-based stress reduction has a greater effect on the psychological-emotional signs of stress than mind-based cognitive therapy.