The effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on depression, quality of life and hope in Nurses

The present study aimed to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and group on depression, quality of life and hope in infertile Nurses. With a quasi-experimental design, a randomized controlled trial with assessment in baseline, after intervention and two- month follow-up was conducted on participants of control group. A total of 30 female patients with infertility diagnosis among patients who referred to the Infertility Center of Shariati hospital in Tehran were selected in an available way and were assigned randomly into the experimental (n=15) and control groups(n=15). All participants completed demographic questionnaire, quality of life questionnaire, Hamilton depression Scale and hope questionnaire in three phases of baseline, after treatment and follow-up. Data were analyzed using multivariate repeated measurement variance analysis model. Finding showed that there was a significant difference between experimental and control group after finishing mindfulness-based cognitive therapy treatment sessions and 2-month follow up compared to the pre-test in terms of Depression, quality of life and hope significantly compared to the pre-test. Group mindfulness-based cognitive therapy has decreased depression and improving quality of life and hope in infertile women after finishing the treatment sessions and 2-month follow-up.