The Effectiveness of Well-being Therapy on Mental Health and Self-efficacy of Patients With Ulcerative Colitis

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Ulcerative Colitis
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Well-being therapy

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 32
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Isfahan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
    • Educational Science and Psychology

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 15 years to 60 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

- 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 16 to 60 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Well being therapy; The group of 16 which recieved well-being therapy	Behavioral: Well-being therapy; 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.
No Intervention: Control group; The group of 16 which did not recieve well-being therapy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pre-test level	The results demonstrated that the effectiveness of this treatment on the level of self-efficacy and mental health was significant in the pretest phase.	Immediately after the intervention
Follow-up level	The results demonstrated that the effectiveness of this treatment on the level of self-efficacy and mental health was significant in the follow-up phase	6 months after the intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Ziaei, M.A student, Department of Educational Science and Psychology, Isfahan(Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 30, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): October 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 1, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 1, 2022
• First Posted (Estimate): December 9, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): December 9, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 1, 2022
• Last Verified: December 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Pathologic Processes; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Gastroenteritis; Colonic Diseases; Intestinal Diseases; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Ulcer; Colitis; Colitis, Ulcerative
• Other Study ID Numbers: 13115

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No