Sanaz Elahi Nejad; Shahrokh Makvand Hosseini; Parviz Sabahi
Abstract
Aims: The aim of the current study was to compare the effectiveness of two therapeutic methods of reality therapy and neurofeedback to improve the quality of life of breast cancer women. Methods: In a semi-experimental design, a number of 45 breast cancer patients were selected by the available sampling ...
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Aims: The aim of the current study was to compare the effectiveness of two therapeutic methods of reality therapy and neurofeedback to improve the quality of life of breast cancer women. Methods: In a semi-experimental design, a number of 45 breast cancer patients were selected by the available sampling methods in 2018 in Amol city and randomly divided into three equal groups. Inform consent provided and inclusion/exclusion criteria were controlled for. The QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BR23 instruments in three stages of pretest, posttest and two months follow-up completed by all subjects. The first and second groups respectively were received the reality therapy and neurofeedback separately, while no intervention administered on the third group. Research data were analyzed using a multivariate analysis of covariance. Findings: Significant differences were found between the experimental groups and the waiting list group for the quality of life variables(p
