Document Type : Original research study
Authors
- rasoul chamanighalandari 1
- Farideh Dokaneifard 2
- Pantea Jahangir 3
- Roonak Rezaei 4
- Mohammad afshar Ardalan 5
1 PhD Student Counseling, Department of Counseling, Roudehen Branch,Islamic Azad Univeristy, Tehran, Iran
2 Ph.D. Counseling Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Roudehen Branch,Islamic Azad Univeristy, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Counseling, Roudehen Branch,Islamic Azad Univeristy, Tehran, Iran.
4 Department of Clinical Psychology, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
5 University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
The occupational nature of health care professionals is such that employees in these occupations are exposed to a variety of stressful and obsessive-compulsive factors. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of virtual mindfulness training on reducing the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive Symptoms. The present research project was quasi-experimental and pre-experimental-post-experimental design with a control group. The statistical population of this study included all health workers of Shariati Hospital in Tehran in 1399. The sample size included 30 people from this community, who were selected by voluntary sampling method and divided into two groups of 30 experiments and control. The Madzley Questionnaire was used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder. After selecting the experimental and control group, experimental intervention (mindfulness) was performed on the experimental group for 11 sessions of 60 minutes (each session in 2 30-minute periods), and after completing the training program from each Two post-test groups were performed. Data analysis in SPSS software version (24) was performed using multivariate covariance analysis test and the significance level was considered to be p <0.05. Mindfulness training on reducing the total score of intellectual-practical obsession and its subscales (review, washing and cleaning, slowness-repetition and hesitation-accuracy) in the experimental group compared to the control group (p <0.05). Virtual mindfulness training seems to be an effective way to reduce obsessive-compulsive disorder and promote self-awareness behavior.
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