بررسی تأثیر گروه درمانی بر میزان افسردگی مبتلایان به سکته قلبی در بیمارستانهای منتخب دانشگاه علوم پزشکی اصفهان در سال 1381

People experience psychological distress after cardiac events such as&nbsp;acute myocardial infarction . Approximately 65 percent of patients with&nbsp;acute MI report experiencing symptom of depression . Symptom of&nbsp;depression predict poor quality of life and reduce return to work and&nbsp;increase risk of mortality . Therefore patients experiencing depression after&nbsp;acute MI should be identified and given targeted psychological&nbsp;interventions. This research was a quasi experimental and clinical trial study and&nbsp;consisted of two groups and three stages.&nbsp;The samples included 22 patients&nbsp;with MI that were randomly put into two equal groups (experimental &&nbsp;control ). The objective of this study was to determine the effect of group&nbsp;therapy on patients with MI before , after and one month after the&nbsp;intervention. Depression were assessed using the Beck depression inventory.&nbsp;The data were analyzed with paired T-test and T-student using SPSS soft &nbsp;&nbsp; ware. The results showed a significant difference between depression of&nbsp;groups before , after and one month after intervention&nbsp;(P < 0.001 ). &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not only group therapy had distinguishable effects on the level of&nbsp;depression in patients but also its effects were even noticed one month&nbsp;after intervention. This method is highly recommended for all level of&nbsp;prevention and treatment in MI patients and other patients.