Rooyesh-e- Ravanshenasi Journal(RRJ)

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This study aimed to compare mindfulness, meaning in life, and social support in patients with  AIDS who adhere and non adhere to care and treatment.  This study is a comparative-causal study. The study population included patients with  AIDS under care and treatment at the Behavioral Diseases Counseling Center in Boroujerd. Thirty patients with  AIDS who adhere to treatment were selected via convenience sampling method and compared with 30 non-adherent patients. Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale (MAS), Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ), and Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ) were used as research tools. The Independent t-test was used for data analysis.  The result indicated significant differences in the two groups in research variables. the group with AIDS who adhere to treatment had a higher score in mindfulness, meaning in life, and social support. Based on the results of the present study, it is possible to increase the adherence of AIDS patients to treatment by providing social support, mindfulness training, and meaning therapy.

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The present study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of compassion-focused acceptance and commitment therapy and yoga exercises on the self-management of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design and a control group with a follow-up period of two months. The statistical population of the research included all the MS patients of Borujerd City registered in the MS Association in 2022. In this research, 66 people were randomly selected into three groups of 22 people a group of compassion-focused acceptance and commitment therapy, yoga exercises, and a control group. The group of compassion-focused acceptance and commitment therapy included 10 90-minute sessions that were held once a week. Also, yoga training sessions were held in 24 90-minute sessions three times a week. To measure self-management in the measurement stages, the Multiple Sclerosis Self-Management Scale–Revised (MSSM-R) by Bishop and Frain (2011) was used. Data analysis was done using the statistical test of analysis of variance-repeated measurement. The results of the pairwise comparison of the groups showed that the changes in the treatment group compassion-focused acceptance and commitment therapy with the group of yoga exercises (P=0.028) and the control group (P=0.011) were significant (P<0.05). In general, it can be concluded that only the treatment based on compassion-focused acceptance and commitment therapy until the follow-up stage was effective in improving self-management.