Effectiveness of Unity-Oriented Psychodrama on Sense of Coherence of MS Patients

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common chronic and progressive central nervous system ailments that is considered as a disabling and traumatizing disease. Objectives: Thegoalof thepresentstudywastoinvestigatetheeffectivenessof psychodramabasedonunity-orientedapproachon the sense of coherence of MS patients. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental research, which included pre-test, post-test, and follow-up design with a control group. Using a convenience sampling method, 20 individuals were selected from among females with MS who had visited the Iranian MS Society. Thesubjectswererandomlyplacedintotwoexperimentandcontrolgroups. Theexperimentgroupparticipatedina12ses-sionunity-focusedpsychodramatherapyplanforsixweeks,whereasthecontrolgroupreceivednointervention. Fordatacollection, the Flensborg-Madsen’s Sense of Coherence Questionnaire was used. The data was analyzed using ANOVA with repeated measures. Results: The results revealed that there is a significant difference between two groups’ sense of coherence scores in post-test and follow-up stages (P < 0.05). Conclusions: As seen in the findings, the unity-oriented psychodrama can be used as an effective treatment to enhance the sense of coherence among MS patients. Unity-oriented approach helps the patients integrate with the universe and define their bitter experiences. It also facilitates better patient acceptance through understanding a sense of connectivity to the coherent world and offers a sense of immorality to the MS patients. of coherence and in anxiety of these patients. The ontological concepts of the unity-orientedschoolof thought,whichiscomplexandabstract, was practiced experimentally and concisely in combina-tionwithpsychodrama’spracticalmethodsduringtheses- sions. These experiences, in most of the group sessions, caused a tangible and perceptual understanding of these abstract concepts.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

• Publication date

  2018-11-20

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.5812/IJPBS.5869
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