The Effectiveness of Well-being Therapy on Mental Health and Self-efficacy of Patients With Ulcerative Colitis
Condition: Ulcerative Colitis
MeSH terms: Colitis; Colitis, Ulcerative; Ulcer
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic and lifelong disease that causes disabilities for
      sufferers and causes mental health disorders in the patients. For this reason, it is
      important to know which psychotherapy is more effective for UC patient's problems, and since
      no research has been done on the effectiveness of well-being therapy on the mental health
      problems of these patients, this research can help psychologists and other specialists in
      this field to help patients with UC and other chronic disease.

      The present study is conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of mental
      well-being on the mental health and quality of life of patients with ulcerative colitis. The
      research method was a semi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test design with a control
      group. The study population included all patients with ulcerative colitis who were previously
      diagnosed with ulcerative colitis by a gastroenterologist and referred to one of the
      gastroenterology centers for treatment. The criteria for entering the patients into the study
      were: definitive diagnosis of ulcerative colitis according to the opinion of a
      gastroenterologist, consent to participate in the study, having at least a high-school
      education and an age range of 18 to 60 years. The patients who were excluded from the study
      were: patients who have acute Psychiatric or other medical disorders , patients who have
      participated in counseling or psychotherapy sessions in the last six months and patients who
      lose motivation to participate in the interview or are absent for more than two sessions. The
      convenience sampling method was used. The list of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases
      was provided to the researcher after the consent of the head of the Digestive Disease
      Research Institute. 300 ulcerative colitis patients of this list were contacted according to
      the criteria for entering the study, and they were invited to participate in the treatment
      sessions after a brief explanation about the objectives of the sessions, sessions duration
      and time. Finally, 32 patients volunteered and were randomly assigned to one of the following
      groups:

      16 people (9 women and 7 men) were in the well-being therapy group and 16 people (8 men and 8
      women) were in the control group. In the post-test phase, one person in the study group
      stopped working, and in the follow-up phase, which was done 6 months later , the study did
      face any shortages.
    


Intervention name(s): Well-being therapy
Intervention type(s): Behavioral
Intervention description(s): Well-being therapy is a short-term, organized and problem-oriented treatment program that is based on Riff's psychological well-being model. Its purpose is to help patient in order to improve His/her functions in six dimensions; personal growth, environmental mastery, purposefulness of life, and autonomy, self-acceptance and positive relationships with others Therapists help patients find well-being experiences in their present and past lives and pay attention to these experiences, no matter how small or short they are.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Supportive Care