Abstract

 

Background and Aim: Mindfulness can increase self-esteem and overcome psychological problems in women. The present study has been conducted to determine the effectiveness of workshops educating life skills and mindfulness by enhancing individual self-esteem of depressed employed women in health care system. Methods and material: The present study is a quasi experimental Study. Target population consisted of all employed women in Health and Treatment Network. In order to sample, sampling was done based on census and participants were divided into two intervention and control groups randomly (each group included 15 participants). Before the workshops begun, Bell Adaptation Questionnaire and Beck Depression Questionnaire were fulfilled by participants of each group. Intervention group passed 6 sessions of workshops educating life skills, mindfulness, stress management, ability to solve problems and control group received no education. A week after intervention conducted, both mentioned questionnaires were fulfilled by intervention and control groups. Gathered data were entered to SPSS. In order to compare the mean average of scores between groups, covariance test was used. Results: Results derived from this study demonstrated that mindfulness score enhanced and depression score was decreased in intervention group which was significantly meaningful (p. value considered P>0.05, ANCOVA=0.38). Conclusion: According to the results of this study, it can be concluded that education by workshops can be effective in reducing depression and enhancing mindfulness of employed depressed women which is recommended to be applied in other groups.