Effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on the acceptance of pain and psychological inflexibility among women with chronic headache
Tension headaches and migraines are the most common types of headaches that severely decline the daily functioning of patients. It seems that drug therapy is not useful by itself for most of these patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on the...
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| author | Shayeste Gharaee-Ardakani Parviz Azadfallah Majid Eydi-baygi Aliakbar Zafarizade Mansour Tork |
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| description | Tension headaches and migraines are the most common types of headaches that severely decline the daily functioning of patients. It seems that drug therapy is not useful by itself for most of these patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on the acceptance of pain and psychological inflexibility among women with chronic headache. It was a quasi experimental study using pretest- posttest with control group. The study population included women aged 20 to 40 who were suffering from chronic headaches and referred to a pain clinic in Tehran. In the study, 30 patients were selected and randomly divided into experimental and control groups (each group 15 members). Acceptance and Commitment therapy was implemented for eight one and a hours half sessions, once a week. Data collection tool in this study consisted of the questionnaire of pain acceptance and psychological flexibility. The results of this study showed that there was a significant difference in the variables of pain acceptance and psychological inflexibility between the experimental and control groups after the intervention .The results emphasized on the importance of this intervention in psychosomatic diseases to provide new horizons to clinical interventions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-49b9b02821b844ea90a78e0872644aba2022-12-21T19:50:36ZengGonabad University of Medical SciencesJournal of Research & Health2423-57172423-57172017-06-0172729735Effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on the acceptance of pain and psychological inflexibility among women with chronic headacheShayeste Gharaee-Ardakani Parviz Azadfallah Majid Eydi-baygi Aliakbar Zafarizade Mansour TorkTension headaches and migraines are the most common types of headaches that severely decline the daily functioning of patients. It seems that drug therapy is not useful by itself for most of these patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on the acceptance of pain and psychological inflexibility among women with chronic headache. It was a quasi experimental study using pretest- posttest with control group. The study population included women aged 20 to 40 who were suffering from chronic headaches and referred to a pain clinic in Tehran. In the study, 30 patients were selected and randomly divided into experimental and control groups (each group 15 members). Acceptance and Commitment therapy was implemented for eight one and a hours half sessions, once a week. Data collection tool in this study consisted of the questionnaire of pain acceptance and psychological flexibility. The results of this study showed that there was a significant difference in the variables of pain acceptance and psychological inflexibility between the experimental and control groups after the intervention .The results emphasized on the importance of this intervention in psychosomatic diseases to provide new horizons to clinical interventions.http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/article-1-814-en.pdfAcceptance and Commitment TherapyHeadache |
| spellingShingle | Shayeste Gharaee-Ardakani Parviz Azadfallah Majid Eydi-baygi Aliakbar Zafarizade Mansour Tork Effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on the acceptance of pain and psychological inflexibility among women with chronic headache Journal of Research & Health Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Headache |
| title | Effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on the acceptance of pain and psychological inflexibility among women with chronic headache |
| title_full | Effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on the acceptance of pain and psychological inflexibility among women with chronic headache |
| title_fullStr | Effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on the acceptance of pain and psychological inflexibility among women with chronic headache |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on the acceptance of pain and psychological inflexibility among women with chronic headache |
| title_short | Effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on the acceptance of pain and psychological inflexibility among women with chronic headache |
| title_sort | effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on the acceptance of pain and psychological inflexibility among women with chronic headache |
| topic | Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Headache |
| url | http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/article-1-814-en.pdf |
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