the effectiveness of based acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on life expectancy and symptoms in patients with Parkinson s disease.

Farimah Afsharzadeh¹ asghar aghaei²

1) The general tendency psychology graduate student at Azad University, Khorasgan-Iran
2) PhD and Isfahan-Tehran Azad University Branch

IOI Code : XYGG-BDEEK
Publication : 4th International Conference on Behavioral Science and Social Studies(4ibsconf.com)
Abstract :
    This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of based acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on life expectancy and symptoms in patients with Parkinson s disease. The study was quasi-experimental with pre-test - post-test and follow-up with experiential groups. The population consisted of all parkinson s patients referred to clinics and specialized hospitals Neurology Isfahan city In 1394. 30 parkinson s patients at random were placed in two groups (15 persons): experimental and control group. The used inventory in this research was: 1. Life Satisfaction Questionnaire (SWLS) (Diener et al., 1985) and 2- unified parkinson s disease rating scale.The results of ANOVA with repeated measure test showed that Intervention based on acceptance and commitment to increasing life satisfaction was effective in patients with Parkinson s disease (p <0.01). But this intervention was not effective on the symptoms of Parkinson s disease (p> 0.05). According to the results of this research, ACT is an effective way to improve satisfaction to Parkinson s patients That can improve the cognitive features of these patients.

Keywords : acceptance and commitment therapy (act) satisfaction of life parkinson s disease