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Study aim
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Determining the effect of MBCT and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on increasing self-efficacy, self esteem, improving the quality of life of patients with focal epilepsy and comparing the effect of the two above-mentioned treatments
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Design
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Sample available for 36 people
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Settings and conduct
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Coordination with predicted centers, satisfaction, inclusion of patients randomly in two groups of experimental and control groups of Achievements in three levels of self-efficacy of patients with epilepsy (ESE), Cooper Smith's self-esteem and Ware and Sherborne's quality of life - 31 questions Specified for patients with epilepsy (QOLIE-31) as a pretest, then intervention and cognitive-mindedness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) in a test group for 8 sessions of 2 hours, intervention and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in the other group Experiments for 6 to 8 sessions, then again, all three groups will be tested and evaluated with three scales, to ensure the effectiveness of the intervention methods
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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All patients with focal epilepsy living in East Azarbaijan who referred to medical centers from the beginning of 1397 to the end of September 1398
Entry criteria: Diagnosis of focal epilepsy by a specialist physician, aged 18 to 30 years, written consent of the patient or his or her family.
Exit criteria: Patient or family request, trauma and brain lesions, other severe physical illnesses, other severe psychiatric disorders, absences in more than two sessions of treatment
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Intervention groups
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The experimental group 1 (ACT intervention), the experimental group 2 (MBCT intervention) and group 3 (control)
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Main outcome variables
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Improve self-esteem, self-efficacy, quality of life