The effectiveness of hope therapy on death obsession and pain perception in women with coronary heart disease

Rafiepoor, Atusa; Rafiepoor, Amin

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Rafiepoor A, Rafiepoor A. (2024). The effectiveness of hope therapy on death obsession and pain perception in women with coronary heart disease. Rooyesh. 13(7), 121-130.
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The effectiveness of hope therapy on death obsession and pain perception in women with coronary heart disease

Atusa Rafiepoor¹

, Amin Rafiepoor ^*²

1- PhD student, Department of Health Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
2- Associate Professor, Department of Health Psychology, Psychology Department, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran. , Rafiepoor2000@yahoo.com

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The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of hope therapy on death obsession and pain perception in women with coronary heart disease. The current research was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a three-month follow-up period. The statistical population of the present study included all women with coronary heart disease in Tehran Heart Hospital in 2023, and 30 people were selected from this population by non-random sampling method. All of them completed the Abdul Khaliq Death Obsession Questionnaire (DOQ, 1998) and Melzack Pain Perception Questionnaire (MGPQ, 1975) before the interventions. After that, the experimental group received hope therapy intervention during 8 sessions of 90 minutes once a week. The research data was analyzed by variance analysis with repeated measurements. The results showed that there is a significant difference in the variables of death obsession and pain perception between the two groups in the post-test and follow-up phase (p<0.05) and hope therapy was effective in reducing death obsession and pain perception in the intervention group (0.05). >P). Based on this, it can be said that the use of hope therapy can be effective in reducing the obsession with death and the perception of pain in patients with coronary heart disease.

Keywords: Therapeutic Hope, Pain Perception, Death Obsession.

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Type of Article: Research | Subject: Clinical Psychology
Received: 2024/03/6 | Accepted: 2024/03/18 | ePublished: 2024/10/1