Effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapy on symptoms reduction and improving quality of life in patients with excoriation disorder

Pages:414-417
Mohammad Hossein Arab (Department of Clinical Psychology, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran )
Hossein Baghouli and Majid Barzegar (Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht branch, Marvdasht, Iran)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapy on symptoms reduction and improvement of quality of life in patients with excoriation disorder. Research method was quasi-experimentalwith three-monthpretest and posttest design. Thus, thirty patients with excoriation disorder (15 received mindfulness-based therapies as the experimental group and 15 received cognitive-behavioral therapies as the control group)were selected through convenience sampling from patients attended one of the clinics in Tehran in 2014. Participants were asked to complete the short form of quality of life questionnaire and excoriation disorder revised before and after treatment intervention and three-month follow-up. Findings showed that both therapies were effective on reducing the symptoms and improving the quality of life of patients in both groups. According to statistical results, there was a significant difference due to preceding mindfulness-basedtherapyregarding cognitive-behavior therapy.