The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Therapy on Body Image Concern, Resilience and Anxiety of Clients with Strabismus before Surgery

Abstract

Introduction and Aim: Clients with strabismus before surgery have may face problems and challenges in terms of body image, resilience, and anxiety. Therefore, the aim of this study was determine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy on body image concern, resilience, and anxiety in clients with strabismus before surgery.

Methodology: This research was a quasi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up design with a control group. The study population was clients with strabismus before surgery to Dr. Azmaty's office of Tehran city in 2023 year. The study sample consisted of 30 people who were selected through purposive sampling method and randomly assigned into two equal groups. The experimental group underwent 8 sessions of 90 minute (one session per week) of mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy, and the control group remained on the waiting list for training. Data were collected using the Body Image Concern Inventory (Littleton et al., 2005), Resilience Scale (Connor & Davidson, 2003), and Anxiety Inventory (Beck & Steer, 1990). In this research, the data were analyzed using analysis of variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni post hoc test in SPSS-21 software.

Findings: The results of this study indicated that mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy reduced body image concern and anxiety and increased resilience in clients with strabismus before surgery, and the results were maintained at follow-up (P<0.01).

Conclusion: According to the aforementioned results, counselors and psychologists can benefit from mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy alongside other therapeutic methods to improve psychological characteristics, especially reducing body image concern and anxiety, and increasing resilience.