The effectiveness of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction interventions (MBSR) on stress and anxiety symptoms in patients with heart diseases: a 60-day follow up

Mental problems can reduce human ability to face even simple problems in life. Heart disease is very sensitive to psychological states. The purpose of this study is to study the effectiveness of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction interventions (MBSR) on stress and anxiety symptoms in patients with heart diseases, which will lead to improved Psychological problems. This research is quasiexperimental research with the pre-test, post-test. Sixty patients were selected randomly and are assigned randomly into experimental and control groups. Data collection tools were Anxiety inventory and syndrome stress inventory. Analysis of variance with repeated measurements and t-test for independent groups were employed to analyze the data. The MBSR techniques are effective in reducing stress and anxiety in patients with heart disease (a =99%), with no significant difference between men and women.