Investigating the effect of acceptance and commitment-based therapy and compassion-focused therapy on multiple sclerosis patients

Comparing the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment-based therapy and compassion-focused therapy on death anxiety, fear of falling, life expectancy and demoralization symptoms in patients with multiple sclerosis

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20231112060034N1

Enrollment

Registered

2024-01-04

Start date

2024-01-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-01-22

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Conditions

Multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: For the first experimental group, commitment-based acceptance therapy will be performed in 8 sessions of 60 minutes. The commitment-based acceptance therapy used in

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

20 Years to 50 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Diagnosis of MS disease by brain and nerve specialist and referral of medical case to MS Society Being 20 to 50 years old At least two years have passed since the illness Consent to participate in the research Not having other acute and chronic physical and psychological diseases based on the patient's medical record

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Absence in two training sessions and non-cooperation Not doing the tasks specified in the training course

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The score that subjects will get from answering the questions of the death anxiety scale (Templer, 1970). Timepoint: Pre-test and post-test before and after ACT, CFT intervention and after the follow-up period. Method of measurement: Templer Death Anxiety Scale.;The score that the subjects will get from the answers to the questions of the short scale of efficiency in falling the international form (Kampen et al., 2008). Timepoint: Pre-test and post-test before and after ACT, CFT intervention and after the follow-up period. Method of measurement: Short scale of efficiency in falling - international form.;The score that the subjects will get from the answers to the questions of the depression syndrome questionnaire (Kisan et al., 2004). Timepoint: Pre-test and post-test before and after ACT, CFT intervention and after the follow-up period. Method of measurement: Questionnaire of Kisan's low morale syndrome.;The score that subjects will get from answering the questions of Omid Snyder's questionnaire (Snyder, 1991). Timepoint: Pre-test and post-test before and after ACT, CFT intervention and after the follow-up period. Method of measurement: Hope Snyder questionnaire.;In the current research, acceptance and commitment based therapy is the training of skills based on the acceptance and commitment therapy protocol (Hayes and Stroshall, 2005), and it will be carried out during 8 sessions of 60 minutes. Timepoint: Pre-test and post-test before and after ACT, CFT intervention and after the follow-up period. Method of measurement: Treatment protocol based on acceptance and commitment.;In the present research, the treatment focused on compassion is the training of skills based on the program of Gilbert (2010) and will be carried out during 8 sessions of 60 minutes. Timepoint: Pre-test and post-test before and after ACT, CFT intervention and after the follow-up period. Method of measurement: Compassion-focused therapy.	—

Measure

Time frame

The score that subjects will get from answering the questions of the death anxiety scale (Templer, 1970). Timepoint: Pre-test and post-test before and after ACT, CFT intervention and after the follow-up period. Method of measurement: Templer Death Anxiety Scale.;The score that the subjects will get from the answers to the questions of the short scale of efficiency in falling the international form (Kampen et al., 2008). Timepoint: Pre-test and post-test before and after ACT, CFT intervention and after the follow-up period. Method of measurement: Short scale of efficiency in falling - international form.;The score that the subjects will get from the answers to the questions of the depression syndrome questionnaire (Kisan et al., 2004). Timepoint: Pre-test and post-test before and after ACT, CFT intervention and after the follow-up period. Method of measurement: Questionnaire of Kisan's low morale syndrome.;The score that subjects will get from answering the questions of Omid Snyder's questionnaire (Snyder, 1991). Timepoint: Pre-test and post-test before and after ACT, CFT intervention and after the follow-up period. Method of measurement: Hope Snyder questionnaire.;In the current research, acceptance and commitment based therapy is the training of skills based on the acceptance and commitment therapy protocol (Hayes and Stroshall, 2005), and it will be carried out during 8 sessions of 60 minutes. Timepoint: Pre-test and post-test before and after ACT, CFT intervention and after the follow-up period. Method of measurement: Treatment protocol based on acceptance and commitment.;In the present research, the treatment focused on compassion is the training of skills based on the program of Gilbert (2010) and will be carried out during 8 sessions of 60 minutes. Timepoint: Pre-test and post-test before and after ACT, CFT intervention and after the follow-up period. Method of measurement: Compassion-focused therapy.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactAmirAbolfazl Azizpour

Islamic Azad University

stu.a.azizpour@iaut.ac.ir+98 41 4423 9382

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026