The effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBST)and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in depressionand anxiety symptoms in patients with Parkinson's Najaf Abadcity

The purpose of this study was to investigate The effectiveness ofmindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBST) and mindfulness-basedstress reduction (MBSR) in depression and anxiety symptoms inpatients with Parkinson's Najaf Abad city. This quasi experimentalresearch with experimental and control groups at pretest, posttest, andfollow-up. The study population included patients 60 to 75 years withParkinson's disease centers and psychiatric services Najaf Abad city,based on a random sample of 30 individuals with high scores on theBeck Anxiety Inventory and the Beck depression scale were randomlydivided into two 15 groups: experimental and control groups weredivided. The interventions (Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy andmindfulness-based stress reduction) in the experimental group were 8weeks and once a week, the control group did not receive any training.In order to test the hypotheses, methods of analysis of variance withrepeated measures was used. The results showed that the independentvariable is effective in reducing depression and anxiety symptoms.Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and mindfulness-based stressreduction resulted in decreased expression of depression and anxiety (p<0.05) in patients with Parkinson's Najaf Abad city

Keywords:

mindfulness , depression , anxiety , Parkinson's