The effect of virtual training of mindfulness based cognitive therapy on pain severity and quality of life in women treated with breast cancer

Determining the effect of virtual training of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness on pain intensity and quality of life of women undergoing breast cancer treatment

A clinical trial with a control group, randomized, on 54 patients, was used for randomization using four permutation blocks

Eligible participants will be randomly divided into two test and control groups and entered into the study. Research questionnaires are designed virtually. Before the educational intervention, the Arnson Quality of Life Questionnaire, the brief Cleveland Pain Severity Questionnaire, and the demographic information form will be completed virtually by all subjects in both groups. In the control group, no action is taken, and the test group is subjected to the intervention of cognitive therapy training based on mindfulness in virtual form during 8 sessions of 90 minutes (once a week) in the form of lectures and questions and answers. One week after the intervention, both the test group and the control group completed the quality of life and pain intensity questionnaire again and were compared.

Inclusion criteria: 1-Diagnosis of breast cancer (phase I and II) 2- Age range between 18 and 60 years 3-Consent to participate in the study 4- Ability to read and write 5- Absence of speech, hearing and vision problems 6-Access to social networks 7- Absence of active mental disorder Exit criteria: 1-Diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer 2- Patient withdrawal from the study 3- Absence of more than two sessions in training sessions

All women undergoing breast cancer treatment referred to Seyed al-Shohda Hospital in Isfahan city

People's scores in Arnson's Quality of Life Questionnaire and Cleveland Brief Pain Intensity Questionnaire

Sampling will be done in an easy and purpose-based way according to the criteria for entering and exiting the research community. People will be selected from among the women undergoing primary breast cancer treatment in Isfahan treatment centers who meet the entry criteria, and then they will be randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups using four permutation blocks. Six possible states (BABA, ABBA, BAAB, AABB ABAB, BBAA) are listed and by throwing a dice, the number of blocks will be randomly selected until a sufficient number of samples, and people will be placed in two intervention (A) and control (B) groups.