The difference between the effectiveness of self-care training and mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy on the health-related quality of life of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract

Almost most of the treatment interventions for chronic pain, including drug interventions, surgery and cognitive therapies, have been aimed at eliminating pain, but sometimes these treatments do not help and may be more harmful than useful. In recent decades and in the third generation of psychological treatments, new treatments have been developed that use the meditation method to help with side effects, special conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, a solution under The titles "mindfulness-based stress reduction" and "self-care training" have been used. Accordingly, in this article, the effectiveness of these two treatments on the quality of life of patients has been compared. The effectiveness of self-care training on the quality of life related to the health of patients has had a significant effect, and the stress reduction training based on mindfulness has also had a significant effect on the quality of life related to the health of patients; There was also a significant difference between the effectiveness of the two interventions on the health-related quality of life of the patients, so that the stress reduction training based on mindfulness had a higher effectiveness.