fa تأثیر گروه‌درمانی شناختی- رفتاری، بر کاهش اضطراب و افسردگی بیماران مبتلا به سکته قلبی General پژوهشي Research Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Background and Aim: </strong>Anxiety and depression are of prevalent complications in myocardial infarction patients,which can increase later recurrence of the condition. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy on the anxiety and depression of patients with myocardial infarction in Birjand .<br> <strong>Materials and Methods: </strong>This pre/post quasi-experimental study was done on 24 patients with acute myocardial infarction that had been hospitalized in the cardiac ICU of Birjand Vali-e-asr Hospital between 2010 and 2011, one month after discharse.From among of the patients, 15 whose depression grade was above 13 and 15 cases with anxiety grades above 14 were selected according to Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Beck Anxiety Inventory(BAI), respectively Cognitive-behavioral group therapy classes were held for twelve 1.5 hour sessions (2 times per week). The obtained data was analyzed by means of SPSS (Version 13 ) using descriptive statistical tests and paired T test at the significant level of P<0.05.<br> <strong>Results</strong>: It was found that after intervention, mean depression in patients decreased from 19.08&plusmn;5.63 to 7.66&plusmn;3.62 ( P<0.001) and that of anxiety, from 30&plusmn;11.33 to 12.16&plusmn;7.62 ( P<0.001) .<br> <strong>Conclusion</strong>: Cognitive-behavioral group therapy plays a positive role in decreasing depression and anxiety in patients with myocardial infarction.</span></span></div> Depression,Anxiety,Myocardial infarction,Cognitive-behavioral group therapy 364 370 http://mcj.bums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-428&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Sajjad Khodai سجّاد خدایی No M.S. in Clinical Psychology, Student Affairs, Birjand University of Medical Science, Birjand, Iran کارشناس ارشد روان شناسی بالینی، معاونت دانشجویی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند، ایران kolsoum Khazai کلثوم خزاعی Yes M.S. in Clinical Psychology, Atherosclerosis & Coronary Artery Disease Research Center ,Student Affairs, Birjand University of Medical Science, Birjand, Iran. Email: khazaeik@yahoo.com کارشناس ارشد روان شناسی، مرکز تحقیقات آترواسکلروز و عروق کرونر، معاونت دانشجویی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند، ایران. تلفن: 05614443070 پست الکترونیک: khazaeik@yahoo.com Toba Kazemi طوبی کاظمی No Associate Professor, Birjand Atherosclerosis & Coronary Artery Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Science, Birjand, Iran دانشیار، مرکز تحقیقات آتروا سکلروز، گروه قلب و عروق، دانشکده پزشکی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند، ایران Zahra Ali Abadi زهرا علی‌آبادی No Nurse, Vali -Assr Hospital, Birjand University of Medical Science, Birjand, Iran کارشناس پرستاری، بیمارستان ولی عصر(عج)، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند، ایران