The effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on psychological well-being of men and women with chronic musculoskeletal pain

Pain as a general sense has biological bases, but the role of psychological factors in the process of pain perception is important. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on psychological well-being of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain.

The method of the present study was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design and follow-up with a control group. The statistical population of the study included all patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain in the summer of 2020 in Torbat-e-Jam, from which 30 eligible individuals were selected by convenience sampling and randomly divided into experimental and control groups (15 in each group). And answered the psychological well-being questionnaire. Were placed. Acceptance and commitment treatment was taught in eight sessions weekly. Statistical data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance and SPSS-16 software at a significance level of α = 0.05.

The results showed that acceptance and commitment treatment significantly improved psychological well-being in the experimental group compared to the control group (P <0.05). Also, the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy remained constant until the follow-up stage.

Based on the findings of this study, it can be said that acceptance and commitment therapy was effective in increasing psychological well-being of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain and this method can be used to improve psychological problems in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain.