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ArticleIranian journal of cancer prevention2015

The Effect of Stress Management Model in Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Women.

Anahita Khodabakhshi Koolaee, Mohammad Reza Falsafinejad, Mohammd Esmaeil Akbari

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Article in Iranian journal of cancer prevention, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Anahita Khodabakhshi KoolaeeDepartment of Counseling Psychology, Institute of Higher Education of khatam, Khatam University, Tehran, IR Iran.
Mohammad Reza FalsafinejadDepartment of Measurement and Assessment, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, IR Iran.
Mohammd Esmaeil AkbariCancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran - Iran.

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backgroundBreast cancer associates with severs severe distress and stress. Since Because of that, the stress management program can train necessary skills to cope with stress; therefore, the current study investigates the effectiveness of stress management on enhancement of quality of life.

objectivesThe aim of the current study is to examine the effectiveness of stress management model in quality of life for breast cancer patients. PATIENTS AND

methodsThis research is a quasi-experimental study with pre and post-tests. The 21 subjects were selected from cancer institute of Imam Khomeini in Tehran in 2014. The participants were allocated to two matched groups based on their pre-test scores. They were assigned randomly to the control and experimental groups. Stress management was conducted with the experimental group during 10 sessions. Then the questionnaire was administered at post-test. Statistical analysis was conducted by using the independent t-test and analysis of variance. The research instrument was the core quality of life questionnaire QLQ-C30.

resultsThe results of the independent t-test showed that there is a significant difference between the pretest and post-test scores in the experimental group (P < 0.05). Also, there is no significant difference between means of quality of life subscales and socio demographic of the patients such as; age, education and disease stage (P < 0.05).

conclusionsThe results indicate that stress management can change the irrational and distortion thoughts. So, it enhances the quality of life in breast cancer patients.

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Breast CancerQuality of LifeStressStress Management

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