Effectiveness of Compassion-Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

The effectiveness of Compassion-focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Experiential avoidance, Self-care, Pain self-efficacy and pain catastrophizing in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20240217061032N1

Enrollment

Registered

2024-04-25

Start date

2023-10-23

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-27

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Conditions

Multiple Sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: receiving 10 sessions of one and a half hours of on Compassion Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, taken from the book Compassion-focused therapy for ACT th

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 61 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Be diagnosed with MS based on the diagnosis of a neurologist More than a month has passed since the diagnosis of MS Literacy level higher than cycle Be between the ages of 18 and 61 Willingness and informed consent to participate in the research project Expansion Disability status score (EDSS) between 0 and 5

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Having a history of serious mental illness (psychotic) and a history of hospitalization in a mental hospital Drug addiction Lack of informed consent to participate in the research project

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS). Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention - after the start of the intervention. Method of measurement: questionnaire.;Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS). Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention - after the start of the intervention. Method of measurement: Medical examination.;AAQ-II. Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention - after the start of the intervention. Method of measurement: Questionnaire.;Self-care questionnaire by Morvati Sharif Abad et al. Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention - after the start of the intervention. Method of measurement: questionnaire.;Pain self-efficacy questionnaire (Nicolas, 2007). Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention - after the start of the intervention. Method of measurement: questionnaire.	—

Measure

Time frame

Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS). Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention - after the start of the intervention. Method of measurement: questionnaire.;Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS). Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention - after the start of the intervention. Method of measurement: Medical examination.;AAQ-II. Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention - after the start of the intervention. Method of measurement: Questionnaire.;Self-care questionnaire by Morvati Sharif Abad et al. Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention - after the start of the intervention. Method of measurement: questionnaire.;Pain self-efficacy questionnaire (Nicolas, 2007). Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention - after the start of the intervention. Method of measurement: questionnaire.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactMehdi Ebrahimpour Azizi

University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

mehdii.ebrahimpour@gmail.com+98 11 3533 8953

Outcome results

None listed

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