The Efficacy of Spiritual/Religious Psychotherapy–Emphasizing the Importance of 15th and 23th Prayers of Sahifeh Sajjadiyeh-on Quality of Life and Attitude Toward Disease in Cancer Patients in Ahvaz City

This study is an experimental pretest-posttest design with control group. The participants were divided into two groups randomly (15 patients in the experimental group, and 15 patients in the control group). The cancer patients in the experimental group participated in six sessions of 90 -minute’s spiritual religious psychotherapy – emphasizing the importance of 15th and 23th prayers of Sahifeh Sajjadiyehwithin 3 weeks. The instruments were World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire and Feedback Scale relative to disease Kelnerwhich were given to all participants before and after the treatment. The data were analyzed using Multivariate Covariance Analysis by SPSS 19. The results showed that spiritual religious psychotherapy – emphasizing the importance of 15th and 23th prayers of Sahifeh Sajjadiyeh increased quality of life and positive attitude toward disease in cancer patients in the experimental group in comparison to the control group in post-test. Considering the positive impact of this intervention on improving the quality of life and attitude toward disease in cancer patients, it could be an appropriate intervention for patient’s cancer along with treatments in hospitals and counseling centers. According to the findings this study, can suggested group gestalt therapy as an effective way to reduce student addiction and first-line prevention.