The Efficacy of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on Quality Of Life and Perceived Stress in Patients with Psoriasis

Bakhshi, Shokoofeh; Sepahvandi, Mohammad Ali; Gholamrezaei, Simin

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Bakhshi S, Sepahvandi M A, Gholamrezaei S. The Efficacy of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on Quality Of Life and Perceived Stress in Patients with Psoriasis. Journal title 2021; 15 (1) : 5
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The Efficacy of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on Quality Of Life and Perceived Stress in Patients with Psoriasis

Shokoofeh Bakhshi¹

, Mohammad Ali Sepahvandi

², Simin Gholamrezaei¹

1- Lorestan university
2- Lorestan university , sepahvandi.mo@lu.ac.ir

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Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory skin disease associated with high levels of stress and significant negative impact on patients' quality of life. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction on quality of life and perceived stress in patients with psoriasis. This study was a semi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The study statistical population included all the patients with psoriasis referred to specialized dermatology clinics in Khorramabad. The patients were first screened using the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Then 24 patients with psoriasis were selected through convenience sampling method and randomly allocated into experimental and control groups. The instrumental of this study was perceived stress scale and Dermatology Life Quality Index.The experimental group received MBSR intervention during eight sessions. Data analysis was done at descriptive and inferential levels using SPSS (23) and with normality tests, MANCOVA and ANCOVA. The results indicated that MBSR was effective in improving quality of life and reducing the perceived stress in patients with psoriasis and the effect of treatment was stable at the follow-up (p<0.001). MBSR can be used as an effective intervention to improve quality of life and reduce the perceived stress in patients with psoriasis.

Article number: 5

Keywords: Mindfulness, Psoriasis, Stress, Quality Of Life