The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Psychological Distress, Cognitive Fusion and Self-Pity in People with Hypertension

Hypertension, which is referred to as silent death, is one of the most important causes of cardiovascular disease. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on psychological distress, cognitive fusion. And Self-compassionof people with high blood pressure.

The present study is applied and semi-experimental in terms of purpose and is based on a randomized controlled application with pre-test, post-test with control group. The statistical population of the study was all patients with hypertension in Mahdishahr in 1399. The sample of this study included 48 patients with hypertension who were randomly selected from the women who had referred to the comprehensive health service centers of Mehdi Shahr city, were selected according to the inclusion criteria and were randomly replaced in the control and experimental groups. Usage tools included the Gilanders Cognitive Fusion Diagnostic Scale, the Kessler Form 10 Psychological Distress Questionnaire, and the Self-Compassion Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 23 using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) and univariate analysis (ANCOVA).

The results showed that after adjusting the pre-test scores, there was a significant difference between the studied groups in the variable of psychological distress (including depression, anxiety and stress), as well as cognitive fusion and self-compassion... 001/0 = p.

In general, it can be said that mindfulness-based stress reduction training had an effect on psychological distress, cognitive fusion and self-compassion dimensions of people with hypertension.