The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Physical Health and Quality of Life in Patients with Gastric (Stomach) Cancer
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Background: Gastric (stomach) cancer is the most prevalent cancer in the north region of Iraq, despite its prevalence substantially falling globally in recent years. It is a multi-factorial illness that arises from ongoing cell damage brought on by a lifetime exposure to various carcinogens. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on physical health and quality of life (QOL) in patients with gastric cancer.
Methods: The research was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test stages and control group. Only 28 of the 53 participants who received a gastric cancer diagnosis were deemed suitable for the trial. Patients were randomly separated into experimental (n = 14) and control (n = 14) groups after being chosen via purposeful sampling. The experimental group participated in eight sessions of 60 minutes of ACT. No interventions were given to the control group. The Physical Symptoms Inventory (PSI) developed by Powell and Enright (1991), the cancer-specific EORTC Core Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) by Aaronson et al. (1988), and a demographic information questionnaire were the three questionnaires utilized in this research. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) with SPSS software. Significance level was defined as P ≤ 0.05.
Results: ACT was effective on physical health (F = 5.49, P < 0.04) and QOL (F = 37.42, P < 0.01) in patients with gastric (stomach) cancer.
Conclusion: Given that ACT is helpful in enhancing QOL and physical health in patients with gastric (stomach) cancer, health care facilities might use this intervention technique as a supplemental therapy to lessen the negative effects that these patients encounter.
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