title: The Effect of Stress Management Model in Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Women.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Breast cancer associates with severs severe distress and stress. Since Because of that, the stress management program can train necessary skills to cope with stress; therefore, the current study investigates the effectiveness of stress management on enhancement of quality of life.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the current study is to examine the effectiveness of stress management model in quality of life for breast cancer patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  This research is a quasi-experimental study with pre and post-tests. The 21 subjects were selected from cancer institute of Imam Khomeini in Tehran in 2014. The participants were allocated to two matched groups based on their pre-test scores. They were assigned randomly to the control and experimental groups. Stress management was conducted with the experimental group during 10 sessions. Then the questionnaire was administered at post-test. Statistical analysis was conducted by using the independent t-test and analysis of variance. The research instrument was the core quality of life questionnaire QLQ-C30.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results of the independent t-test showed that there is a significant difference between the pretest and post-test scores in the experimental group (P < 0.05). Also, there is no significant difference between means of quality of life subscales and socio demographic of the patients such as; age, education and disease stage (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results indicate that stress management can change the irrational and distortion thoughts. So, it enhances the quality of life in breast cancer patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling Psychology, Institute of Higher Education of khatam, Khatam University, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Anahita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khodabakhshi Koolaee
authors.affiliation: Department of Measurement and Assessment, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Falsafinejad
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran - Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammd Esmaeil
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Akbari
keywords: Breast Cancer; Quality of Life; Stress; Stress Management