Introduction: Eight years of imposed war between Iran and Iraq has caused a considerable number of soldiers and disabled war veterans to experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Methods: This applied study was conducted in the form of a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design and a control group at Sadr Psychiatric Hospital in Tehran during the year 2017-18. A total of 30 disabled war veterans with PTSD were selected through an available sampling method, and were divided into two groups: an experimental and a control group. The experimental group underwent cognitive-behavioral therapy for 14 sessions. The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS-21) was used for data collection, Data were analyzed with the aid of SPSS 21 software and a univariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). An analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to eliminate the pretest effect. And Levene’s test was used to homogenize variances. Results: After modifying pretest scores, the difference between the experimental and control groups became significant. Based on the one-way ANCOVA carried out on the subjects’ total scores, there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the variable “anxiety” (P < 0.05) and (F 8/227). Conclusion: This intervention showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy had increased resilience among disabled war veterans with PTSD.
javid namin H, ghamari M. The effectiveness of group cognitive-behavioral therapy on increasing of resilience of disabled war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). NPWJM 2021; 9 (31) : 8 URL: http://npwjm.ajaums.ac.ir/article-1-848-en.html
