Effectiveness of De-Stressful Skills Training On Reducing the Distress of Women Infected by Breast Cancer

Farah Lotfi Kashani Farah Lotfi Kashani,Fatemeh Givi Fatemeh Givi,Mohamad Esmaeil Akbari Mohamad Esmaeil Akbari,Shahram Vaziri Shahram Vaziri

doi:10.25215/0304.039

Abstract

Any changes in human’s life is along with stress, as well as diagnosis of cancer occurs the unique distress for the patient. The objective of the extant paper is determining the effectiveness of training the skills of confronting the stress for reducing the distress of women infected by breast cancer. Therefore, 23 women infected by breast cancer referring to Shohada Hospital of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran by means of convenience and random sampling in two test (12 samples) and control (11 samples) groups. All examinees were evaluated firstly as respect to the distress rate by means of Kessler’s distress assessment scale (K10), then de-stressing manner was trained to the test group during 8 sessions each one 90 minute. Control group has received any intermediation. The results of analysis of covariance of distress scores indicated that training stressful skills is effective on reducing the distress of women infected by breast cancer.

Highlights

Any changes in human’s life is along with stress, as well as diagnosis of cancer occurs the unique distress for the patient
The studied statistical population of this study is consisted of women infected by breast cancer referring to Shohada Hospital of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences within the age range of 20-65 and educational lever higher than middle school diploma
Upon continuation of stress and finishing the individual's power for resistance against stress, the individual enters into psychological distress status

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Introduction

Any changes in human’s life is along with stress, as well as diagnosis of cancer occurs the unique distress for the patient. Effectiveness of De-Stressful Skills Training On Reducing the Distress of Women Infected by Breast Cancer creates a warning reaction at the first stage that is an automatic response and the person has no considerable conscious control thereon In continue, this body process attempts by resistance to return to its balance and relaxation and if this resistance doesn’t return the balance and relaxation they will be involved in exhaustion and distress. Upon increasing the depression and anxiety, lack of enjoy feeling, taking distance from friends or family, lack of motivation and failure bearing, reduction of sexual desire, increasing or decreasing appetite and weight, reduction of energy and premature fatige, sleep disorder become incident, in other word, the resistance force is weakened against tumor and again the distress including anxiety, depression and fear become more acute Due to this revolving reaction, the researches show that within 50 to 85% of patients infected by cancer suffer from a psychiatric disorder concurrently

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