Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in the Reduction of Depression, Childhood Abuse, and Chronic Pain in Women

Background: chronic pain can cause numerous psychological problems, such as anxiety, depression, and frustration.objectives: the present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (mbsr) in childhood abuse, depression, and chronic pain in women.methods: this quasi-experimental study was conducted based on a pre-test-posttest control group design with a follow-up period. the statistical population of this study consisted of all women with chronic pain in sari in 2019. a number of 20 women with chronic pain who were eligible were selected via convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to two groups of 10. to collect data, the psychological maltreatment inventory (coates & messman-moore, 2014), multidimensional pain inventory (kernes et al. 1994), and self-rating depression scale (zung, 1967) were used. data were analyzed in spss software (version 24) using descriptive and inferential statistics (analysis of variance and multivariate covariance analysis). results: based on the obtained results, mbsr was effective in the reduction of childhood abuse (p<0.01), depression (p<0.01), and chronic pain (p<0.01).conclusion: it can be concluded that mbsr was effective in the reduction of childhood abuse, depression, and chronic pain in women; therefore, this treatment can be used to manage the problems presented to women with chronic pain.