Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences International Journal of Behavioral Sciences 2322-1194 18 3 2024 11 28 The Effect of Analytical Metacognitive Therapy on Reducing Residual Anxiety and Depression of Nurses in Covid-19 Wards 149 157 211630 10.30491/ijbs.2024.453883.2113 EN Rahim Shahbakhsh Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-5051-0987 Ali Soleimani Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-0823-8756 Mohsen Kachooei Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-3070-4100 Hojatollah Farahani Department of Psychology, Tarbiat Modares University,Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-9799-7008 Journal Article 2024 09 29 <strong>Introduction:</strong> Nurses play an important role in preventing and controlling diseases. Therefore, maintaining their mental health is considered important for disease control. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of analytical metacognitive therapy on reducing residual anxiety and depression of nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic. <strong>Method: </strong>This research followed a semi-experimental (quantitative) design of type A-B with several baselines. The statistical population of the study included all nurses suffering from residual anxiety and depression disorders of Zahedan city. One person was purposefully selected and underwent metacognitive analytical therapy. For data analysis, the intra-situational and inter-situational visual analysis was used. <strong>Results:</strong> Findings revealed that the data of the baseline and intervention stages had a good non-overlap. Tau-U values were 0.88 and 0.89 for anxiety and depression, respectively. Hedges-g value was 2.67 for both variables, and the scores of stable change index were -127.5 and -110.5 respectively, which were higher than +1.96 and -1.96, revealing increased scores with high effect size and reliable change. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> According to the findings of the present study, in order to reduce anxiety and depression of nurses, metacognitive-analytic treatment can be used. https://www.behavsci.ir/article_211630_1ce15305c7db1d584fd629299757843a.pdf