The Effectiveness of Compassion-Focused Therapy on Reducing Stress, Anxiety, Depression and Symptoms of Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy on reducing stress, anxiety, depression and symptoms of patients with irritable bowel syndrome.   The present study was a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test with control group. The study population consisted of all patients with irritable bowel syndrome referred to psychiatric psychiatric clinic. Thirty patients were selected by convenience sampling and were randomly assigned into two groups of 15 individuals. The data were analyzed using SPSS 18 software. At first, descriptive statistics, mediation and standard deviation were calculated. Also to evaluate the effectiveness of focused self-care therapy on reducing stress, anxiety, depression and symptoms. Covariance analysis test was used for patients with irritable bowel syndrome.   The results showed that by adjusting pre-test scores, there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the post-test in all research variables (p <0.05). Based on the results, it can be said that compassionate treatment has reduced stress, anxiety and depression in people with irritable bowel syndrome. In future research, it is suggested that the impact of compassion-focused treatment on other psychosomatic diseases, especially Multiple Sclerosis, be compared.