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Khavandizadeh S, Firoozy M, Mirershadi F. The effectiveness of narrative therapy on sleep disorders and pain acceptance in women with gynecological cancer. J Police Med 2025; 14 (1) : e10
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Aims: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of narrative therapy on sleep disorders and pain acceptance in women with gynecological cancer.
Materials and Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. The statistical population consisted of all married women with gynecological cancers (aged 20-45 years) who were referred to relevant specialists' clinics in Ardabil city during the second half of 2024. From this population, 40 individuals were selected using purposive sampling and were randomly assigned to either the experimental group (n=20) or the control group (n=20). The experimental group received 8 sessions of 75-minute narrative therapy intervention by White and Epston (1991). The data collection tools included the Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire (CPAQ) (McCracken et al, 2004) and the Mini-Sleep Questionnaire (MSQ) (Zomer et al., 1985). Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) with SPSS 22 software.
Findings: The results of the Mancoa analysis of covariance showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups after narrative therapy on pain acceptance (F=51.541, P<0.01). It also showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups after narrative therapy on sleep disorders (F=114.387, P<0.01); this means that narrative therapy reduced sleep disorders and increased pain acceptance in women with gynecological cancer in the experimental group.
Conclusion: According to these results, it can be stated that this intervention method can be used for patients with gynecologic cancer due to its existential nature and change in the patient's attitude towards the disease.
Materials and Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. The statistical population consisted of all married women with gynecological cancers (aged 20-45 years) who were referred to relevant specialists' clinics in Ardabil city during the second half of 2024. From this population, 40 individuals were selected using purposive sampling and were randomly assigned to either the experimental group (n=20) or the control group (n=20). The experimental group received 8 sessions of 75-minute narrative therapy intervention by White and Epston (1991). The data collection tools included the Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire (CPAQ) (McCracken et al, 2004) and the Mini-Sleep Questionnaire (MSQ) (Zomer et al., 1985). Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) with SPSS 22 software.
Findings: The results of the Mancoa analysis of covariance showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups after narrative therapy on pain acceptance (F=51.541, P<0.01). It also showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups after narrative therapy on sleep disorders (F=114.387, P<0.01); this means that narrative therapy reduced sleep disorders and increased pain acceptance in women with gynecological cancer in the experimental group.
Conclusion: According to these results, it can be stated that this intervention method can be used for patients with gynecologic cancer due to its existential nature and change in the patient's attitude towards the disease.
Article number: e10
Article Type: Original Research |
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Police Related Psychology
Received: 2026/05/17 | Accepted: 2026/07/19 | Published: 2026/07/25
Received: 2026/05/17 | Accepted: 2026/07/19 | Published: 2026/07/25
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