M. Hatami; F. Farmani; S. Safavi; A. Najafizadeh; Mahdi Asadi Qale Shidi
Volume 4, Issue 16 , October 2015, , Pages 109-120
Abstract
Objective: Psychological aspects of chronic diseases, due to their suddrn oneset and uncontrolability of symptoms, couse varioty of stresses and negative emotion and mood in patient. This issue, have attracted many professional's attention. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of ...
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Objective: Psychological aspects of chronic diseases, due to their suddrn oneset and uncontrolability of symptoms, couse varioty of stresses and negative emotion and mood in patient. This issue, have attracted many professional's attention. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group therapy with emphasis on choice theory on reducing loneliness feeling in patients with MS (multiple sclerosis). Method: This study is semi-experimental with pretest-posttest and control group. The study population included all patients with MS referred to MS Society of Iran located in Tehran. At first the UCLA questionnaire was performed and who was scored higher than the mean of 40 was selected assigned into two experimental (20 subjects) and control groups (N=20 subjects) by random. Both groups were tested by pre-test and post-test. The data of pre-test and post-test were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (analysis of covariance). Results: Findings demonstrated that the significant reduction in mean of loneliness feeling score was occurred after the intervention in the experimental group (P
M Alizadeh; A Rajai; S Hosseini Ghasr
Volume 2, Issue 8 , June 2013, , Pages 70-82
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of Hope therapy as a way to increase life expectancy on HIV patients.
Method: This is a quasi-experimental research study (pre-test, post-test with an unbalanced control group). In this study, 20 cases of HIV-positive men selected in purposive ...
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Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of Hope therapy as a way to increase life expectancy on HIV patients.
Method: This is a quasi-experimental research study (pre-test, post-test with an unbalanced control group). In this study, 20 cases of HIV-positive men selected in purposive sampling and placed in to three groups of pretest, test and control with non –random method in the infectious center of behavior disorders in Mashhad. Schneider hope exam, Snyder (1991) with the coefficient reliability of 0/89, was used for control and experimental groups, and after 8 weeks of treatment expectancy (twice a week) in both groups had the final test. The duties were Equal to t-test and were analyzed in dependently.
Results: The Results showed that hope therapy in the groups causes significant increase in life expectancy among the HIV patients.
Conclusions: The hypotheses results with other research of field Hope therapy, has agreement.