Effectiveness of Behavioral – Cognitive Interventions of Stress Management on Reducing the Negative Affect and Improving Quality of Life in Hypertension Patients

Psychological interventions can have important role in improving quality of life of patients suffering from Hypertension, because they improve physical, mental, and social situation of patients. This research goal is to investigate the effectiveness of group training of stress management with behavioral – cognitive approach on quality of life of patients suffering Hypertension. This research was done through experimental method with pre-test, post-test, and pursuit stages with witness group. The sample included 24 patients with Hypertension diagnosis who was chosen by a simple random way. A questionnaire about the life quality of patients suffering Hypertension was used for collecting data which was completed within pre-test, post-test, and pursuit by individuals. Behavioral- cognitive treatment of stress management was done during eight sessions on a test group and to this time while the frequent medical treatments continued in each of both group, the witness group were place in expectation list for psychology treatment. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis test. Mean score of quality of life in test group increased meaning fully as compared with the witness group (p < 0.05). The results suggested the effectiveness of group training of stress management with behavioral-cognitive approach on quality of life improvement of patients suffering from Hypertension.