Effectiveness of the Package of Hope Therapy Based on Positivist Approach on the Life Quality and Psychological Wellbeing of Parkinson Patients

Background and purpose: The emergence of chronic diseases, such as Parkinson, seriously damages the patients’ psychological health besides their physical health. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of the package of hope therapy based on positivist approach on life quality and psychological wellbeing of patients with Parkinson. Method: The present study was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest, control group and two-month follow-up period. The statistical population of the present study included the people with Parkinson in the city of Isfahan in the winter of ۲۰۱۸-۱۹. The participants of study were ۴۰ patients with Parkinson who were selected through non-random available sampling. The selected samples were randomly assigned into experimental and control groups (۲۰ patients in the experimental group and ۲۰ in the control group). The experimental group received training intervention of hope therapy based on positivist approach in ten ninety-minute sessions for three months. The applied questionnaires in this study included the questionnaires of life quality (WHO, ۱۹۹۴) and psychological wellbeing (Ryff, ۱۹۸۰). The data from the study were analyzed through repeated measurement ANOVA. Results: The results showed that the training package of hope therapy based on positivist approach has significant effect on life quality and psychological wellbeing of Parkinson patients (f= ۸۳.۸۳, f= ۱۱۷.۶۸, p<۰.۰۰۱). The score of the effect of training hope therapy based on positivist approach on life quality and psychological wellbeing of Parkinson patients were ۷۷ and ۸۳ respectively. Conclusion: The findings of the present study showed that training package of hope therapy based on positivist approach can lead to the improvement of life quality and psychological wellbeing of Parkinson patients due to enjoying the methods of hope therapy and positivist psychotherapy.

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Training hope therapy based on positivist approach , Life Quality , psychological wellbeing , Parkinson