Impact of Cognitive – Behavioral Group therapy Stress Management Intervention on mental health and pain coping strategies breast cancer patients

Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. That person from psychological and adapt to life under the influence. The aim of present research was todetermine the effects of cognitive- behavior group therapy stress management on mentalhealth and pain coping strategies of women with breast cancer. Methods:A quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest and control group was used in this study. For this purpose, 104 female patients with breast cancer who had referred to MRI Center Hamadan were selected by conenience sampling method in the fall of1389. Data gathering instrument was mental Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) and pain coping strategies Questionnaire which were completed by patients at the beginning and end of group therapy. Data was analyzed using covariance analysis. Results: In the experimental group, there results indicated that Cognitive – Behavioral Group therapy Stress Management, give rise to improve mental health, anxiety (p< 0.02), social function (p< 0.03). Also, in the field of using from pain coping strategies, there are significant differences between control and experimental groups (p< 0.01). Conclusion: These results were confirmed after two month follow up. The results from data indicated that cognitive-behavior stress management group therapy has given rise to improvement of mental health and increasing of using from pain coping strategies of breast cancer patients And can use this method to boost mental health.

Keywords:

Cognitive-behavior group therapy , Stress management , mental health , Pain coping strategies , Breast cancer