Comparison of the Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Integrated Transdiagnostic Psychotherapy on Reducing Anxiety Sensitivity and Rumination in Cardiac Patients with Type D Personality

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Psychology, Torbat-e Jam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Torbat-e Jam, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Abstract

Background: Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of disability and mortality in the world, and almost one out of every 4 Cardiac Patients have type D personality traits. This personality type also predicts some of the psychological components of people, including anxiety sensitivity and rumination. 

Objectives: The goal of this research was to compare the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and integrated transdiagnostic psychotherapy on anxiety sensitivity and rumination in cardiac patients with type D personality.

Methods: The research methodology was semi-experimental, and the statistical population of the present research includes all Cardiac Patients who visited the Simorgh Heart Clinic in Mashhad in 2022. The sample size includes 60 individuals who were randomly placed in two experimental groups and one control group. Twenty persons were included in the integrated transdiagnostic therapy group, 20 were replaced in the mindfulness-based cognitive therapy group, 20 were replaced in the control group, and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy intervention and integrated transdiagnostic psychotherapy were conducted for the two groups. The research tool (means) includes Rees and Peterson (1985) and Nolen-Hoeksema (1991) anxiety sensitivity scale.

Results: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy has been more influential on both research variables between the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and integrated transdiagnosis on anxiety sensitivity and rumination of Cardiac Patients under study. 

Conclusion: Mindfulness can have desirable results on anxiety sensitivity and rumination in Cardiac Patients with type D.

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Acknowledgments: This paper is adapted from the doctoral thesis of Health Psychology of Azad Torbat Jam University. We are grateful to all heart patients who participated in the research and the staff of Simorgh Heart Clinic of Mashhad who made it possible for us to carry out the research.

 

 

Availability of data and materials: The datasets created and/or analyzed during the study are not publicly available, but can be made available upon request from the corresponding author.

 

 

Conflicts of interests: All authors declared that they have no competing interests.

 

 

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Ethics approval and consent to participate: This research (ethics code AR.IAU.TJ.REC.1402.002, clinical trial ID 74262) was registered and approved by the Ethics Committee of Torbat-e Jam Azad University. After completing the study, control group participants were offered MBCT on a voluntary basis, ensuring ethical considerations were met. The research adhered to all ethical standards, including confidentiality, Informed consent, voluntary participation and respect for participants as participants' rights and well-being were prioritized throughout the study. The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Helsinki Declaration.

 

 

Financial disclosure : No financial support was received for this study.

 

 

Author contributions: All authors studied the final draft of the research and made the necessary revisions and are responsible for the final report.

 

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