EFFECTS OF MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION ON PERCEIVED STRESS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH IN PATIENTS WITH TENSION HEADACHE

摘要

Background: Programs for improving health status of patients with illness related to pain, such as headache, are often still in theirinfancy. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a new psychotherapy that appears to be effective in treating chronic pain andstress. This study evaluated efficacy of MBSR in treatment of perceived stress and mental health of client who has tension headache.Materials and Methods: This study is a randomized clinical trial. Sixty patients with tension type headache according to theInternational Headache Classification Subcommittee were randomly assigned to the Treatment As Usual (TAU) group or experimentalgroup (MBSR). The MBSR group received eight weekly classmates with 12-min sessions. The sessions were based on MBSR protocol.The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) were administered in the pre- and posttreatment period andat 3 months follow-up for both the groups.Results: The mean of total score of the BSI (global severity index; GSI) in MBSR groupwas 1.63 ± 0.56 before the intervention that was significantly reduced to 0.73 ± 0.46 and 0.93 ± 0.34 after the intervention and at thefollow-up sessions, respectively (P Conclusion: MBSR could reduce stressand improve general mental health in patients with tension headache.