THE EFFECT OF EMOTION-FOCUSED THERAPY ON ACTION FLEXIBILITY AND DEATH ANXIETY IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE.

Cardiovascular diseases are considered as the most important cause of death and disability in Iran and the world. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy on action flexibility and death anxiety in patients with Coronary artery disease.

The design of the present study was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with a control group. The study population included all patients with coronary heart disease referred to Imam Reza (AS) Hospital in Mashhad in the first half of 1400, including 85 people and the sample group consisted of 30 people who were selected by available sampling method and randomly They were placed in two groups of 15 people. Research instruments included Connor and Davidson (2003) Action Flexibility Questionnaire, and Templer Death Anxiety Questionnaire (1983). The Greenberg and Watson (2009) protocol was used to perform emotion-driven therapy.

The results of multivariate analysis of covariance showed a significant difference in functional flexibility and death anxiety in patients with Coronary artery disease in the experimental group compared to the control group who did not receive any treatment.

Therefore, the use of emotion-focused therapy with Greenberg and Watson protocol can be suggested to improve action flexibility and death anxiety in patients with coronary artery disease.