en پژوهشی اصيل Original Research <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#2f5496">Aims:</span></span></span></b> <span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">In patients with cancer, sleep quality is disturbed, and they need treatment. </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Considering</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> the side effects of medication, complementary therapy can be helpful. Therefore, this research aimed to compare the effect of two methods of compassionate hypnotherapy and acceptance and commitment therapy on the sleep quality in breast cancer patients.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#2f5496">Materials & </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#2f5496">M</span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#2f5496">ethods:</span></span></span></b> <span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">The research method was quasi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The sample size was 45 people selected by convenience sampling method and using block randomization were allocated into 3 groups: compassionate hypnotherapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and a control group (each group 15 patients). In group 1, compassionate hypnotherapy intervention and group 2, acceptance and commitment therapy intervention were performed during eight sessions. Before and after the intervention, the study groups completed the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">. </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">The data was analyzed by SPSS 26 using Chi</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">-square, ANCOVA, and MANCOVA.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#2f5496">Findings:</span></span></span></b> <span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">The average sleep quality in companionate hypnotherapy and acceptance and commitment groups was significantly higher than in the control group (p=0.001). The compassionate hypnotherapy group indicated a significant improvement in the sleep quality score compared to the acceptance and commitment therapy group (p=0.001).</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#2f5496">Conclusion:</span></span></span></b> <span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Compassionate hypnotherapy has a better effect than acceptance and commitment therapy on improving sleep quality.</span></span></span></span></span> compassionate hypnotherapy, Acceptance commitment therapy, sleep quality, cancer, Breast cancer 219 225 http://jccs.yums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-31-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 M.A. Javid 10031947532846005792 10031947532846005792 No Department of Psychology, Yasuj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasuj, Iran A. Maredpour ali.mared@yahoo.com 10031947532846005793 10031947532846005793 Yes Department of Psychology, Yasuj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasuj, Iran M. Malekzadeh 10031947532846005794 10031947532846005794 No Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran