The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on the effect of mental well-being of patients with improved corona pandemic (COVID-19) at the height of the epidemic

The present study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) on the psychological well-being of recovered COVID-19 patients at the peak of the pandemic. This research was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest and a control group. The statistical population of this study included all recovered COVID-19 patients at the peak of the pandemic in Isfahan (n=30) who were selected by purposive sampling and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (15 people in each group). After performing the pretest, the experimental group received a CBT program for 12 sessions, and then the posttest was performed. The required data were collected using the Warwick-Edinburgh psychological well-being scale (WEMWBS; 2007) and were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)) using SPSS-20 software. Findings showed that CBT increased psychological well-being (P<0.01). Based on the obtained findings, it can be concluded that CBT can be considered an effective treatment in increasing psychological well-being components such as optimism, positive relationships with others, being energetic in recovered COVID-19 patients.