Comparison of effectiveness acceptance commitment therapy and metacognitive therapy on hopefulness and flexibility of patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common disorder that causes abdominal pain, bloating, and stomach upset, and accompany with some problems like anxiety disorders, depression disorders and psychosomatic disorders. The aim of this study was comparison of effectiveness of Acceptance commitment therapy and Meta cognition therapy on flexibility and hopefulness of patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome. For this purpose, in a semi-experimental research with control group, and pre-test, post-test and follow up design, 30 woman patients who were suffering from Irritable bowel syndrome selected in available sampling from Pharmaceutical sciences University and Rasoole Akram Hospital and sited randomly in three groups of meta cognition, acceptance commitment therapy and control group. The experimental groups received eight nighty minutes the therapeutic plans of metacognition and acceptance commitment therapy. The results of mixed variance analysis showed that both of therapeutic plans increased the same, hopefulness of patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome but, metacognition was more effective than acceptance commitment therapy on flexibility of patients. Since demonstration of change in biological and psychosocial factors of these patients is effective on irritable bowel syndrome, so the components of flexibility and hopefulness should be considered to promote the healthy of these patients.