Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on the effect of mental well-being of patients with improved corona pandemic (COVID-19) at the height of the epidemic

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Roya Mohammadi 1
Mohamadali Fardin 2
Hossin Jena Abadi 3
1 Phd student psychology, Department of Psychology, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran.
2 Assistan professor, department of Psychology, Zahedan branch, Islamic, Azad University, Zahedan, Iran.
3 Professor of Psychology University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran.
10.22038/mjms.2022.65539.3852
Abstract
The present study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) on the psychological well-being of recovered COVID-19 patients at the peak of the pandemic. This research was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest and a control group. The statistical population of this study included all recovered COVID-19 patients at the peak of the pandemic in Isfahan (n=30) who were selected by purposive sampling and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (15 people in each group). After performing the pretest, the experimental group received a CBT program for 12 sessions, and then the posttest was performed. The required data were collected using the Warwick-Edinburgh psychological well-being scale (WEMWBS; 2007) and were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)) using SPSS-20 software. Findings showed that CBT increased psychological well-being (P<0.01). Based on the obtained findings, it can be concluded that CBT can be considered an effective treatment in increasing psychological well-being components such as optimism, positive relationships with others, being energetic in recovered COVID-19 patients.
Keywords
Cognitive-behavioral
Psychological well-being
COVID-19 pandemic
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Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 65, Issue 3
May and June 2022
Pages 1214-1221