The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Compassion Therapy on Life Expectancy, Depression and Dysfunctional Thoughts of Women with Multiple Sclerosis

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of compassion therapy based on spiritual awareness on life expectancy, depression and dysfunctional thoughts of women with multiple sclerosis.

The present study was quasiexperimental and the statistical population included women with multiple sclerosis in Isfahan in 1399. Sampling was available as 30 patients were selected and randomly divided into experimental (n = 15) and control (n = 15) groups. In this study, Schneider (1991) Life Expectancy Questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory (1971) and Weisman and Beck Ineffective Attitudes Scale (DAS-26) (1978) were used. Mindfulness-based compassion treatment based on the book Fallah and Ayoubi (1397) was performed in 8 virtual 90- minute sessions. All collected data were analyzed using SPSS 21 descriptive and inferential statistics.

The results showed that mindfulness-based compassion therapy had an effect on life expectancy, depression and dysfunctional thoughts of women with multiple sclerosis in the experimental group (P <0.05).

The results showed that mindfulness-based compassion therapy can be effective in patients with multiple sclerosis.