The effect of mindfulness based stress reduction training on hope, psychological well-being and functional recovery with schizophrenia patients

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of mindfulness based stress reduction training on hope, psychological well-being and functional recovery patients with schizophrenia. Materials and Methods: The research was carried out as a pre-test and post-test control group quasi-experimental model in Elazığ TRSM, Malatya Göztepe TRSM, Malatya Yeşilyurt TRSM between September 2018-June 2020. The study was completed with 137 patients who fulfilled the research criteria without going through the sample selection method. Data were collected using the Descriptive Characteristics Form, Herth Hope Scale, Psychological Well-being Scale and FROGS. Mindfulness group, 16 sessions of mindfulness based stress reduction and psychoeducation group, 8-session of psychoeducation program applied. No intervention was applied to control group. Descriptive statistical methods, One Way ANOVA and Repeated Measures ANOVA were used to evaluate the data. Results: It was determined that pre-training mindfulness, psychoeducation and control group had low level hopes, psychological well-being and functional recovery levels were moderate. It was determined that the mean scores of hope, psychological well-being and functional recovery of the patients in the mindfulness group increased compared to the psychoeducation and control groups and the difference between the groups was statistically significant (p˂0.05). In-group comparison; in the mindfulness and psychoeducation group, the pre-test score of hope, psychological well-being and functional recovery levels were found to be significantly lower than the intermediate test and post-test (p˂0.05). In the comparison of the control group, there was no statistically significant change in the level of hope, psychological well-being and functional recovery (p˃0.05). Conclusion: It was found that MBSR was more effective in increasing hope, psychological well-being and functional recovery in schizophrenia patients than in psychoeducation. Keywords: Mindfulness based stress reduction therapy, nursing, functional recovery, psychological well-being, schizophrenia, hope.