Effectiveness of Cognitive-behavioral and Spiritual-religious Interventions on Reducing Anxiety and Depression of Women with Breast Cancer

Abstract

This study evaluated the efficacy of cognitive- behavioral and spiritual-religious interventions on reducing anxiety and depression in women with breast cancer. In this semi-experimental study, among women with breast cancer who were supported by a cancer research center, in Terhan, 45 women who met the inclusion criteria were selected purposefully and were placed randomly to three groups of 15; Persons each (incloding two experimental groups and a control group). All participants completed Beck Depression (BDI) (2000) and Anxiety (BAI) (1998) questionnaires in pre-test and post-test. Data were analyzed using covariance. Although the mean scores of the intervention groups were more than those of the control group, the difference was not statistically significant.