The effect of group mindfulness-based stress reduction programon Pain self-efficacy in patients with Thalassemia Major

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of group mindfulnessbased stress reduction program on Pain self-efficacy in patients with Thalassemia Major.

The present study was aquasi-experimental design that conducted in the form of pretest, post-test with control group. In this study, 30 patients with Thalassemia Major (randomly were assigned to two groups of 15 Experimental and control) who were referred to therapy centers and hospitals in Chabahar were selected with purposive sampling method Pain self-efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ) were used for data collection. All patients completed Pain Self Efficacy Questionnaire in the pre-test, post-test. Mixed effect and one-variable covariance.using SPSS software was used to analyzing the data.

The results showed a significant improvement in Pain self-efficacy by mindfulness-based stress reduction program in the experimental group (p<0/01).

It seems that reduction of mental-based stress is effective on improving Pain self-efficacy in patients with major type of thalassemia. It is suggested that, along with medical therapies, education for the reduction of mindfulness-related stress should also be conducted.