The effectiveness of acceptance and commitment education on improving the mental health and quality of life of elderly people with cancer

Abstract

Background and Objective: Aging is a critical period of life and attention to the issues and needs of this stage is a social necessity. In recent years, aging has become one of the most important public health issues. Therefore, the main purpose of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on improving quality of life in elderly with cancer. Materials and Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design. In this study, 30 people were selected by convenience sampling. Quality of life questionnaire and mental health questionnaire were used for data collection. After pre-test, the study sample received 8 training sessions. Analysis of the results of covariance analysis was performed in spss23 software. Results: The results showed that treatment of admission and commitment in elderly people significantly increased in comparison with the control group, quality of life and its dimensions (physical, psychological, environmental and social dimensions) (p <0.05). The treatment also significantly increased mental health in the elderly (p <0/05). Conclusion: The results showed that acceptance and commitment training led to an increase in quality of life. Therefore, given the increasing population of elderly in developing societies including Iran and the need to pay attention to the physical and psychological health of this population, this training can be used to improve the quality of life of the elderly.

Combined Couple Therapy Based on Acceptance and Commitment and Schema Therapy for Quality of Life and Recovery Process of Patients With Breast Cancer During Medical Treatment

“…Therefore, the results were compared with those of similar studies including the effects of couple therapy of acceptance and commitment and schema therapy on the studied components. The results were consistent with the findings of Angiola and Bowen, 5 Omidbeygi et al, 11 Mohammadi and Soufi, 12 Heidarian et al, 13 Hashemi et al, 14 Mohammadizadeh et al, 15 Hulbert-Williams et al, 18 Roientan et al, 31 Safaee et al 41 , and Tomich and Helgeson 42 regarding the impact of ACT on patients' QoL.…”

“…Additionally, combined schema therapy training with ACT helps the person better understand their schema behaviors and have more control over their schema reactions, leading to the weakening of individual values. 23 The research findings are also in line with those of Hashemi et al, 14 Hulbert-Williams et al, 18 Bahmani et al, 37 Brassington et al, 38 Peterson and Eifert, 44 . Barghi Irani et al, 52 and Kanzler et al 53 regarding the positive effect of acceptance and commitment and schema therapy on the recovery of the disease process and the symptoms of diseases, especially cancer.…”

“…10 Many researchers have recently supported the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment-based therapy in the QoL in couples. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Yang's schema therapy model is another theory proposed in personality, psychopathology, and psychotherapy, and its critical problem is the initially incompatible schemas. Schemas are deep and underlying cognitive and emotional structures that play an essential role in the maintenance and exacerbation of chronic psychological problems.…”

“…30 Some research has been recently conducted for the acceptance and commitment and schema-oriented therapy regarding the improvement of the QoL and psychological factors in cancer patients, especially BC, and its practical and positive results have been confirmed. 3,5,[11][12][13][14][15]17,18,[31][32][33][34][35] Some studies have also been conducted on acceptance and commitment and schemaoriented integrated therapy and its effect on individual psychological factors and couple relationships. The results indicated the effectiveness of this method.…”

Predicting Distress Tolerance in the Elderly Based on Experiential Avoidance and Spiritual Intelligence

“…Based on the theoretical and research foundations mentioned and considering that Iranian elderly have an average quality of life and need planning and interventions to improve their quality of life and address the psychological distress they feel (Ahmadi & Valizadeh, 2021;Hashemi et al, 2020;Rakhshani et al, 2014). However, no specific research on distress tolerance in the elderly to improve their quality of life has been seen.…”