Marzieh Hajibabaei; MohammadBagher Kajbaf; Maryam Esmaeili; Mohammad Hossein Harirchian; Ali Montazeri
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Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most prevalent neurologic disabling disease in young ages accompanied by psychological side effects. Recently prevalence of MS has been rising in Iran. The aim of the present study was to explanation of psychological problems and coping behaviors among women ...
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Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most prevalent neurologic disabling disease in young ages accompanied by psychological side effects. Recently prevalence of MS has been rising in Iran. The aim of the present study was to explanation of psychological problems and coping behaviors among women with multiple sclerosis. Method: This was a qualitative study. In all 15 women with MS participated in study. Patients were selected in a convenience sampling method. Semi-structured interview was used for data collection. The data were collected until saturation achieved. After coding, the data was analyzed through conventional content analysis. Findings: In general, five themes emerged from analysis as psychological problems. These were poor life skills, inadequate (avoidant) coping strategies, depression and emotional- cognitive distortions, relationship problems and fear of solitude including emotional dysregulation, marital, family and social relationships, cultural beliefs and MS stigmatization. In addition, extra five themes emerged as coping behaviors. These were, spiritual-religious coping, acquiring moral values, confidence on god strength and belief in eternal life, search of meaning and being purposeful, active (problem-focused) coping strategies. Conclusion: The findings suggest that to overcome problems among women with MS, developing a comprehensive caring intervention and coping strategies are needed insuring that they include active (problem-focused), and spiritual-religious coping strategies.
avisa najimi; mojgan agahheris; karim asgari
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Objective: Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) has The most burden of deseas among physical illnesses. CHD is one of the chronic illnesses that the physiological and psychological factors have interactions in development and maintanence of it. So modifying and eliminating of it risk factors is essential in ...
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Objective: Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) has The most burden of deseas among physical illnesses. CHD is one of the chronic illnesses that the physiological and psychological factors have interactions in development and maintanence of it. So modifying and eliminating of it risk factors is essential in the treatment of CHD. Hence, The objective of this study was comparing the effectiveness of two types of training including autogenic relaxation with positive self-talk and emotional regulation on affective control among patients with cardiovascular disease. Method: This study was an semi-experimental study and pretest-posttest-follow up design with control group and using convenient sampling method,45 female volunteers with CHD disease were selected and randomly assigned into three groups. The experimental groups were instructed the protocols of each intervention. All the subjects filled out the affective control scale prior to, after, and 1/5 months later thanthe end of each intervention. Data analysis were analised by applying repeated measures analysis of variances and Tukey's follow-up test methods. Findings: Findings revealed that both interventions could significantly modify the affective control (P<0.05), but these two groups didn`t have significant fifferencer (P>0.05). Conclusion: Enhancement of the affective controlcan be achieved through the both training by instructing their special techniques. So, The practitioners could apply these interventions in combination to medical treatments for controlling the CHD symptoms.
Soheila Etemadi; Hamid Poursharifi; Biuok Tajeri; Mehdi Kalantari; Nahid Hovassi Soomer
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of Traumatic experiences of sexual abuse, cognitive emotion regulation strategies, and disclosure in explaining Somatic Symptoms of adolescent girls. Method: The method of the present study was correlation and statistical population of ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of Traumatic experiences of sexual abuse, cognitive emotion regulation strategies, and disclosure in explaining Somatic Symptoms of adolescent girls. Method: The method of the present study was correlation and statistical population of all students of 14-17 years in Tehran province in the academic year 97-98. By screening students with experience of sexual trauma, and eliminating the incomplete questionnaires273 students were ianalysis. For gathering data,Checklist of Traumatic Experiences of Nigent Huys and Wonder Hart & Kruger (2002), Cognitive emotion regulation strategies questionnaire Garnefsky et al. (2001), Grek's Mental Health Questionnaire (2015), Self-disclosure scale of Kun and Hessling (2003) were used and analyzed using multiple regression. Findings: The results showed maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (with β = 0.441 and p <0.01), disclosure (β = -0.201 and p <0.01), adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (β = -0.117 and p <0.01), sexual traumatic experiences (β = 0.170, p <0.05), have the ability to predict Somatic symptoms. Conclusion: The results showed that can be used to control Somatic Symptoms by Investigating the history of sexual abuse experiences, Managing Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies, and facilitating disclosure
delaram salehi; fariba zarani; ladan fata; mohamadreza sharbafchi
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Objective: In the process of caring, caregivers of cancer patients face difficult experiences and multiple stressors which directly affect their attitudes and psychological health. Purpose- The current study aimed to compare the meaning of life and attitude towards death between caregivers of cancer ...
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Objective: In the process of caring, caregivers of cancer patients face difficult experiences and multiple stressors which directly affect their attitudes and psychological health. Purpose- The current study aimed to compare the meaning of life and attitude towards death between caregivers of cancer patients and general people. Method: It is a causal-comparative research study. Through visiting the Firoozgar Hospital and Roshana Cancer Center, a total of 52 individuals who had and cared for one first-degree relative affected with cancer for the past year were selected as the convenience sample. However, another group with no experience of caring cancer patient was selected as the convenience sample and matched with the first group. Both were asked to complete the Meaningful in Life Questionnaires (MLQ; Steger, Frazier, Oishi & Kaler, 2006) and the Death Attitude Profile (DAP) - Revised (Wang, Racker & Gasser, 1994). Data was analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance. Findings: Data analysis showed that those experiencing care, anxiety, and avoidance of death reported higher scores in death attitudes death compared to general people, although there were no significant differences in meaning in life. Conclusion: Cancer patient caregivers face uncertain future and worsening conditions for patients; which develop anxiety, and avoidance of death.
Fahimeh Koohestani; Yasser Rezapour Mirsaleh; Fatemeh Bahjati
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Objective: Heart disease affects not only the patient but also his family. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between family environment, marital commitment, spousal support and self-care behavior among heart failure diseases. Method: This study was a correlational study ...
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Objective: Heart disease affects not only the patient but also his family. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between family environment, marital commitment, spousal support and self-care behavior among heart failure diseases. Method: This study was a correlational study using structural equation modeling. The statistical population of this study was heart failure patients referring to health centers in Kerman city in 1397. A total of 200 patients were selected by available sampling. The data gatherd using self-care behaviors questionnaire (jaarsma & et al, 2003), marital commitment questionnaire (Stanley & Markman 1992), Family environment questionnaire (Moos & Moos, 1986), andspouse support Questionnaire (Sallis & et al, 1987) and analyzed by Pearson's correlation, regression analysis and structural modeling modeling. Findings: The finding showed that the family environment and the spousal support could significantly predict self-care behaviors in patients (p<0.05) but the predicting role of marital commitment was not significant (p>.05). Findings of structural equation modeling showed that family environment influenced patients self-care behaviors by increasing their spousal support. Conclusion: the results showed that spousal support has a significant mediating role in the relationship between family environment and self-care behaviors of cardiac patients and marital commitment has not a significant role in model predicting self-care behaviors.
Nasrin Shahbazi; zohreh latifi
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness training of self-healing on depression, pain perception severity and pain-related anxiety in chronic headache patients. Method: The present semi experimental study design with pre-test, post-test and follow-up design with experimental ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness training of self-healing on depression, pain perception severity and pain-related anxiety in chronic headache patients. Method: The present semi experimental study design with pre-test, post-test and follow-up design with experimental and control groups. Sixty clients with complaints of chronic headeche referred to one of Isfahan city Hospitals were selected through available sampling and randomly divided in two groups (n= 30). The research tools were included of the Zonc depression (1965), McGill pain (1997) and McCracken pain anxiety (1967). Findings: The results showed that training of self-healing has significant effects on improvement of depression, decrease of pain perception and pain-related anxiety experimental group in the posttest and follow-up (P<0.001). Conclusion: Self-healing training has been shown to reduce headaches by reducing physiological stress by treating destructive cellular memories, modifying lifestyles, and teaching relaxation techniques. Therefore, this method can be used as a new approach with relatively stable effects to reduce chronic headaches in medical centers and psychological services.
Ali Afshari; Fatemeh Kazemi Mahyari
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Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the components of personality, rumination and self-compassion in patients with myasthenia gravis and normal individuals. The present study is of applied and causal-comparative type. Method: The statistical population included all patients with myasthenia ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the components of personality, rumination and self-compassion in patients with myasthenia gravis and normal individuals. The present study is of applied and causal-comparative type. Method: The statistical population included all patients with myasthenia gravis disorder in Tehran. Using available sampling method, 100 patients (50 patients with myasthenia gravis and 50 healthy individuals) were considered. Research tools included the Neo Personality Inventory (Costa and McCriff 1985), the Ruminant Inventory Inventory (Nolen-Hooksma, 1991), and the Self-Compassion Scale (Neff and Bratos, 2003). One-way analysis of variance was used to analyze the data. Findings: The results showed that there was a significant difference between patients with myasthenia gravis and healthy individuals in terms of personality components, rumination and self-compassion (P <0.01). Conclusion: Therefore, trying to study rumination and disturbed psyche can be an important step to improve the mental health of myasthenia gravis patients
Amir Hossein Afshari; Isaac Rahimian Boogar; Mahmoud Najafi
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to the structural effect of chronic stress, resilience and somatization on functional disability in functional somatic syndromewith the mediating role of mentalization. Method: the present study was carried out using structural equation modeling (SEM). The sample ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to the structural effect of chronic stress, resilience and somatization on functional disability in functional somatic syndromewith the mediating role of mentalization. Method: the present study was carried out using structural equation modeling (SEM). The sample were included of men and women between the ages of 18 to 45 who completed the use of internet calling, chronic stress, resilience, somatization, functional disability, mentalization and functional somatic syndrome questionnaires. Findings: The findings were analyzed by using Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Correlation and Structural Equation Modeling test. Findings indicated a good fitness for the model at a significant level (p <0.05). (χ2/df=3.5, GFI=0.91, CFI=0.93, RMSEA=0.84, NFI=0.93, IFI=0.89, AGFI=0.58, PGFI=0.65). Conclusion: It is suggested to improve and prevent functional disability, In addition to the role of stress, considered mentalization-based interventions and treatments and resilience.
Farideh Ramezani moghadam; reza rostami; r Abbas Rahiminezhad; hojat allah farahani
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Objective: The purpose of the present study wasto investigate the efficacy of health literacy group therapy on the improvement of glycosylated hemoglobin and self-care activities in patients with type 2 diabetes. Method: The current research was a quasi-experimental of pretest- posttest and control group ...
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Objective: The purpose of the present study wasto investigate the efficacy of health literacy group therapy on the improvement of glycosylated hemoglobin and self-care activities in patients with type 2 diabetes. Method: The current research was a quasi-experimental of pretest- posttest and control group design. The statistical population of this study included all patients with type 2 diabetes who referred to the subspecialty clinic for diabetes and metabolic diseases in Kashan, and 30 patients with type 2 diabetes were randomly selected and assigned to two experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) groups. The experimental group intervention program was performed in eight 120-minute sessions but the control group did not receive any intervention during this period. Data was collected using The summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities Measure and Hemoglobin A1c Test and also were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and univariate analysis of covariance. Findings: The present study confirmed the effectiveness of health literacy-based group therapy on glycosylated hemoglobin improvement and self-care activities. The findings showed that the effect of the health literacy group therapy led to decreased glycosylated hemoglobin (p= 0.71) and also increased self-care activities in type 2 diabetic patients (p= 0.76). Conclusion: The results suggest that in addition to medical treatments, health literacy-based group therapy can be used to improve type 2 diabetes control indices to prevent complications of the disease
Mehdi ShomaliAhamadabadi; naser mohammadi ahmadabadi; atefe barkhordariahmadabadi
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Objective: diabetes2 is one of the most common chronic and progressive metabolic diseases in the world. The purpose of this study was to evaluate The Effectiveness of Group Reality Therapy on Depression, Anxiety and Stress in Type 2 diabetes patients. Method: This study was a quasi-experimental study ...
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Objective: diabetes2 is one of the most common chronic and progressive metabolic diseases in the world. The purpose of this study was to evaluate The Effectiveness of Group Reality Therapy on Depression, Anxiety and Stress in Type 2 diabetes patients. Method: This study was a quasi-experimental study using a pretest-posttest-control design with a control group. The statistical population consisted of all type 2 diabetics in Yazd in 1398. Using convenience sampling method, 22 individuals were selected and randomly divided into two groups (experimental and control). Participants responded to the standard Levibond Anxiety, Stress and Depression Inventory in pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The experimental group received group reality therapy for two months, two sessions per week for 8 months, 90 minutes. Finally, the data were analyzed by repeated measure at the significant level of 0.05. Findings: The results showed that the mean scores of depression, anxiety and stress in the experimental group were significantly decreased in the post-test compared to the control group and this decrease remained stable at the follow-up (p <0.001). Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, group reality therapy can be considered as an effective intervention method in reducing the psychological problems of type 2 diabetes mellitus
