Mohammadzadeh, A., Ghanbari, N., Taj Abadipour, S., Arabnejad, S. (2025). The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Mindfulness-Based Therapy on Physical Activity Increment and Obesity Decrement in the Patients Suffering from Heart Disease. , 8(2), 73-77.
A. Mohammadzadeh; N. Ghanbari; S. Taj Abadipour; S. Arabnejad. "The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Mindfulness-Based Therapy on Physical Activity Increment and Obesity Decrement in the Patients Suffering from Heart Disease". , 8, 2, 2025, 73-77.
Mohammadzadeh, A., Ghanbari, N., Taj Abadipour, S., Arabnejad, S. (2025). 'The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Mindfulness-Based Therapy on Physical Activity Increment and Obesity Decrement in the Patients Suffering from Heart Disease', , 8(2), pp. 73-77.
Mohammadzadeh, A., Ghanbari, N., Taj Abadipour, S., Arabnejad, S. The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Mindfulness-Based Therapy on Physical Activity Increment and Obesity Decrement in the Patients Suffering from Heart Disease. , 2025; 8(2): 73-77.

The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Mindfulness-Based Therapy on Physical Activity Increment and Obesity Decrement in the Patients Suffering from Heart Disease

Health Education and Health Promotion
Article 4, Volume 8, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 73-77    PDF (404.74 K)
Document Type: Original Research
Authors
A. Mohammadzadeh* 1; N. Ghanbari2; S. Taj Abadipour3; S. Arabnejad4
1Cardiovascular Surgery Department, School of Medicine & Allied Medical Sciences, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
2Psychology Department, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran
3Psychology Department, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran
4Psychology Department, Rudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rudehen, Iran
Abstract
Aims: The present study is aimed to determine the role of acceptance and mindfulness therapy on physical activity increment and obesity decrement in the patients suffering from heart disease in Bandar Abbas.

Participants & Methods: In terms of type, the study is applied one and in terms of research method, it is a quasi-experimental study along with a pre-test-post-test with a control group. The statistical population of the study involves all the patients suffering from heart disease being overweight who had visited Bandar Abbas’ hospitals during 2018-2019 and according to angiographic reports, eclipse was more than 50% and BMI≥30. In the present study, an available sampling method was used. The population size was 20 that 10 were assigned to experimental group and 10 to control group. The data were collected through making use of physical activity level, body mass index (BMI) questionnaire. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis and SPSS software.

Findings: Acceptance therapy had been effective on physical activity increment and body mass decrement of the patients suffering from heart disease.

Conclusion: Mindfulness-based therapy can be considered as a non-invasive treatment. This clinical trial will result in more effective mindfulness-based interventions as a complementary treatment in primary care for people with overweight and obesity.
Keywords
Mindfulness-Based Therapy; Activity Increment; Body Mass Decrement; Obesity; Heart Diseases
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