Introduction:
The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of mindfulness-based therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy on obsessive-compulsive symptoms in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Method:
The present study was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design and follow-up with a control group. The statistical population included female patients diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder who referred to the Neurology Clinic of Ibn Sina Hospital in Mashhad in 2024. After screening and initial diagnosis, 45 people were selected through purposive sampling and randomly assigned to three groups of 15 people, including two experimental groups and a control group. The Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Questionnaire (OCI-R) was used to collect data. The experimental groups were separately subjected to mindfulness-based therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy for 8 90-minute sessions, once a week. The data were analyzed using repeated-measures analysis of variance and the Ben Feroni post hoc test.
Results:
The results showed that obsessive-compulsive symptoms decreased in both mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral groups from pre-test to post-test and to follow-up (P<0.001), and this effect was greater in the mindfulness group.
Discussion and Conclusion:
In general, the results indicated that both of these treatment approaches can be effective in reducing patients' obsessive-compulsive symptoms and have an effective role in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder.