Investigating the Effectiveness of Integrated Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with the Acceptance and Commitment-based Therapy (ACT) on Reducing Psychological Distress and Reducing Mental Fatigue in Nurses with Burnout Symptoms in Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad, Iran

nabaei, masomeh; alizadeh birjandi, zahra

doi:10.18502/tbj.v23i3.16480

Volume 23, Issue 3 (8-2024) TB 2024, 23(3): 16-29 | Back to browse issues page

‎ 10.18502/tbj.v23i3.16480

Ethics code: IR.MUMS.REC.1401.379

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nabaei M, alizadeh birjandi Z. Investigating the Effectiveness of Integrated Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with the Acceptance and Commitment-based Therapy (ACT) on Reducing Psychological Distress and Reducing Mental Fatigue in Nurses with Burnout Symptoms in Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad, Iran. TB 2024; 23 (3) :16-29
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Investigating the Effectiveness of Integrated Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with the Acceptance and Commitment-based Therapy (ACT) on Reducing Psychological Distress and Reducing Mental Fatigue in Nurses with Burnout Symptoms in Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad, Iran

Masomeh Nabaei

, Zahra Alizadeh birjandi ^*

Imam Reza University , z.a.birjandi@gmail.com

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Introduction: A large proportion of the healthcare workforce reports significant distress and burnout, which can lead to poor patient care. Several psychological interventions, one of the psychological interventions is integrated therapy, which can be effective in improving mental fatigue and stress tolerance. So, the purpose of research is to investigate the effectiveness of integrated cognitive-behavioral therapy with acceptance and commitment-based therapy on reduce Psychological Distress and mental fatigue in nurses with burnout symptoms in Imam Reza Hospital in Mashhad city.
Materials and Method: The research was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test study with a control group. The statistical population was all female nurses working in Imam Reza Hospital which had symptoms of burnout, and so 30 nurses were selected by purposeful sampling considering the inclusion criteria and then randomly divided into an experimental and a control group. Subjects of both groups responded to Meshach Job Burnout Inventory, Smits et al.'s Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory and Kessler Psychological Distress Scale. Before and after the intervention. After the pre-test, therapeutic intervention was provided to the experimental group twice a week for 10 sessions of 45 minutes.
Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the two groups after the combined treatment intervention in terms of Psychological Distress and mental fatigue in nurses with signs of job burnout .
Conclusion: suggested to use CBT-ACT in a continuous and regular manner in hospitals and universities in the form of training classes in order to reduce Psychological Distress and mental fatigue and job burnout.

Keywords: sychological Distress, Psychological Fatigue, Combined Therapy (Cognitive-Behavioral (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment (ACT), Job Burnout, Nurses