shahnaz Gili; seyed abbas haghayegh; vahid sadeghifiroozabadi; alireza alizadehghavidel; hasan rezayijamalooyi
Abstract
Objective: The present study was conducted with the aim of examining the effectiveness of Emotionally FocusedTherapy (EFT) on depression of heart disease patients in Tehran city in 2019.
Method: The research method was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest and control group. The statisticalpopulation ...
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Objective: The present study was conducted with the aim of examining the effectiveness of Emotionally FocusedTherapy (EFT) on depression of heart disease patients in Tehran city in 2019.
Method: The research method was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest and control group. The statisticalpopulation of the study consisted of all heart disease patients in Tehran city, among whom 30 individuals were selectedthrough available sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (15 in each group). Theexperimental group received Emotionally Focused Therapy training in nine 60-minute sessions, and the control groupremained in the waiting list. The research instrument was depression questionnaire (Beck, Steer & Braun,1996) whichwas conducted in two stages of pretest and posttest. The analysis was performed through SPSS v24 in two descriptiveand inferential statistical sections.
Results: The results indicated that intervention used in this study could significantly decrease depression in heartdisease patients (p˂0.05).
Conclusion: Based on the results of this research, Emotionally Focused Therapy can be an effective intervention inreducing depression in heart disease patients.
