Vahideh Zijah, Khadijeh Mehdizadeh Khalaj, Maryam Pourjafar, Hadi Smkhani Akbarinejhad,
Volume 15, Issue 2 (10-2024)
Abstract
ABSTRACT Aims and background: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of emotionfocused therapy on life satisfaction & intensity of pain experience of patients with epilepsy. Materials and Methods: This study was semi-experimental with a pretest-posttest & follow-up control group design. The statistical population of the research consisted of all women suffering from chronic headache in Tabriz city in 2023. 30 people were randomly were placed into two experimental and control groups (15 people each) by following the criteria for entering and leaving the research and using the purposeful sampling method. The members of the experimental group received emotion-focused therapy in 8 sessions of 1.5 hours; but the control group did not receive any treatment. Analysis of findings through repeated measures analysis of variance test. Results: In the pretest, mean and standard deviation of the emotion-focused therapy for life satisfaction (135.00±6.16) and for intensity of pain experience (8.93±1.03), and in the control group for life satisfaction (133.73±6.94) and for intensity of pain experience (8.20±0.94) (P>0.05). Emotion-focused therapy, compared to the control group, the life satisfaction (141.60±5.80) and intensity of pain experience (5.87±1.76) of women with chronic headaches increased and decreased respectively in the post-test (p<0.001). In the follow-up phase, the effect of treatment on the life satisfaction and intensity of pain experience was lasting (p<0.001). Conclusion: Based on the findings of this research, it can be concluded that emotion-focused therapy has increased life satisfaction and reduced the intensity of pain experience of women with chronic headaches.
