Efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy for adherence, depression and negative illness representations in rheumatoid arthritis patients: A randomized controlled trial
| Author | MR Seirafi | en |
| Author | Sarah Namjoo | en |
| Author | M Sabet | en |
| Issued Date | 2018-07-31 | en |
| Abstract | Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory polyarthritis with multiple clinical symptoms and psychological problems, such as depression. Psychotherapy can play an important role in achieving therapeutic goals. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy for adherence, depression (CBT-AD) and negative illness representations in people with RA. Methods: A clinical trial was conducted in Rheumatology’s clinic in a Shariaty hospital in Tehran during 2016-2017, Iran. Then, among 151 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, 28 patient were selected using the sampling judgment and half of them were randomly assigned to the CBT-AD (14 patients) and the others were in the control group (14 patients). Psychological questionnaires including the illness perception questionnaire-revised, beck depression inventory and general adherence Scale were measured. All data were analyzed by independent t-test, Chi-square and multivariate covariance analysis. Findings: The results showed that the baseline, post-test score between two intervention and control groups in three dimensions of illness representations (P | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/ | en |
| Keyword | Cognitive behavioral therapy | en |
| Keyword | Rheumatoid arthritis | en |
| Keyword | Illness representations | en |
| Keyword | Adherence | en |
| Keyword | Depression | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy for adherence, depression and negative illness representations in rheumatoid arthritis patients: A randomized controlled trial | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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