TITLE:
Investigation of the Effect of Acceptance and Commitment Psychotherapy (ACT) on Quality of Life of Adult Women Suffering from Obesity
AUTHORS:
Gholam Abbas Jadidi, Hamid Kazemi-Zahrani
KEYWORDS:
Body Mass Index, Obesity, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Interventions, Quality of Life, Physical Health, Level of Independency, Social and Environmental Relationships, Spirituality
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Medical Psychology,
Vol.5 No.2,
February
29,
2016
ABSTRACT: Background and Purpose: Quality of life as
an important factor in health is very important. This study is looking for an
appropriate and effective treatment for improving quality of life. This
research aims to study the psychological effect of acceptance and commitment
therapy (ACT) on quality of life of adult women suffering from obesity. Methods
and Materials: This research is a kind of half-trail, with pattern of pre-test,
post-test and group control. Statistical population includes all over-weight
women with body mass index (BMI) range (30 - 40) who participated in family
training sessions held in Shahin Shahr city. 40 patients who had the characteristics
for sampling were selected and randomly placed in test and control groups (each
group 20 people). Participants in each group before and after intervention
quality of life questionnaire with 100 question sample World Health
Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-100 were evaluated. 12 sessions of
acceptance and commitment therapy in group was used. The obtained data were
analyzed with the use of Sciences Statistical Package for the Social (SPSS) 18
statistical software and methods of analysis of covariance. Findings: After
selection of adult women having a BMI between 30 and 40 based on availability
who had attended the meeting of family education, by invitation and voluntary,
they were randomized into experimental and control groups. Intervention was done
for experimental group. Due to the result of covariance analysis on the
post-test stage, examination group showed significant improvement in variants
physical health dimensions, level of independence in social and environmental
relationships and spirituality (p