Masoumeh Kazemi; Mojgan Agah heris; Mohammad Jalali; ezatolah kordmirza nikoozade
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Objective: The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of autogenic training and progressive muscle relaxation in improving the anxiety components of women with chest pain.
Method: The research method was experimental with a pre-test-post-test design, a control group, and a three-month follow-up. ...
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Objective: The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of autogenic training and progressive muscle relaxation in improving the anxiety components of women with chest pain.
Method: The research method was experimental with a pre-test-post-test design, a control group, and a three-month follow-up. The statistical population included all women with chest pain in Karaj city in 2021. using a purposeful sampling method, 60 patients with chest pain in Shahid Rajaei Hospital were selected and randomly assigned into three groups autogenic training, progressive muscle relaxation training, and control group. Autogenic training was provided in twelve 90-minute sessions, and progressive muscle relaxation intervention was administered in eight 2-hour sessions. Beck's (1988) anxiety questionnaires, Tylor & Cox (1998) revised anxiety sensitivity, and Rapee, et al (1996) perception of anxiety control was used to collect data. Data analysis was done using covariance analysis and post hoc test methods.
Results: The results showed that autogenic training and progressive muscle relaxation alone have been effective in reducing anxiety symptoms, anxiety sensitivity and perception of anxiety control and autogenic training was more effective in improving anxiety components compared to progressive muscle relaxation (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Considering the greater effectiveness of autogenic training on the anxiety components, it is suggested that relevant experts use this intervention to reduce the anxiety of patients with chest pain.
Mahboubeh Hormozi Sheikhtabaghi; Mozhgan Agah; Fariborz Bagheri
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Objective: Diabetes is a chronic disease that has negative physical and psychological consequences and effective interventions are necessary to reduce these consequences. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the Autogenic training (AT) and Affect regulation training (ART) on the psychological adjustment ...
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Objective: Diabetes is a chronic disease that has negative physical and psychological consequences and effective interventions are necessary to reduce these consequences. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the Autogenic training (AT) and Affect regulation training (ART) on the psychological adjustment of women with type 2 diabetes.Methods: Among female patients with type 2 diabetes referred to the Iranian Endocrine Institute, 33 patients were selected by convenience sampling and randomly divided into three groups (AT, ART, and control). Participants answered the Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale (PAIS‐SR) before and at the end of the intervention. The subjects of ART and AT groups underwent 10 90-minute training sessions and the control group did not receive any intervention.Results: Data analysis with MANOVA and ANOVA showed that psychosocial adjustment to disease in both ART and AT groups was significantly improved compared to the control group (P <0.05). The two groups of AT and ART were not significantly different in improving psychosocial adjustment to disease (P >0.05).Conclusion: It seems that both interventions, AT and ART, have been effective in improving the psychological adjustment of women with type 2 diabetes by affecting the mechanisms of mind-body communication.
Masomeh Aliyazdi; Mozhgan Agah; Shahnaz Nouhi
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Objective: Type 2 diabetes is conceptualized as a complex interaction of psycho-physiological factors and consideringthe factors against this chronic disease is necessary. Accordingly, the present study aimed to compare the effectivenessof emotional regulation training and autogenic training on the perceived ...
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Objective: Type 2 diabetes is conceptualized as a complex interaction of psycho-physiological factors and consideringthe factors against this chronic disease is necessary. Accordingly, the present study aimed to compare the effectivenessof emotional regulation training and autogenic training on the perceived anxiety control in women with type 2 diabetes.Method: Using a quasi-experimental method with a pretest-posttest design, 33 women with type 2 diabetes wereselected by purposive sampling from Tehran and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one controlgroup. Members of each experimental group received emotional regulation training and autogenic training in ten90-minute sessions, separately. All respondents were asked to answer the demographic information and the PerceivedAnxiety Control Questionnaire (ACQ) before and after interventions. To analyze data, MANOVA and Schefee posthoc test were used.Result: The results of the analysis showed that both interventions were effective in increasing the perceived anxietycontrol (p <0.05); however, the difference between the two groups was not significant (p> 0.05).Conclusion: Explaining the effectiveness of the interventions, it can be said that both interventions were able toincrease the perceived anxiety control through special techniques, hence using them along with medical treatments isrecommended.
Golnaz Rasoolzadegan; mozhgan Agah heris; Shahrokh Karbalai Saleh
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Objective: Quality of life and mental well-being are some of the issues that can play an important role in the disease and its treatment. The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of life and mental well-being of myocardial infarction patients and healthy people.
Method: This is a causal-comparative ...
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Objective: Quality of life and mental well-being are some of the issues that can play an important role in the disease and its treatment. The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of life and mental well-being of myocardial infarction patients and healthy people.
Method: This is a causal-comparative study with parallel groups. The statistical population of this study was all myocardial infarction patients in Sina hospital in Tehran in 2019. To select sample of the study, 69 myocardial infarction patients and 72 healthy people were selected through available sampling method. Data were collected by the use of the Quality of Life Questionnaire (QoL, SF-36) and Psychological Wellbeing Scale (PWB). Then, the collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistical methods, Mann-Whitney U test, and one-way variance analysis (ANOVA).
Results: In terms of quality of life, healthy people were at a higher level compared to patients (F=49.90, P<0.05), but the score of total quality of life regarding the sex difference was not significant in healthy and patient groups (F=1.74, P>0.05). Also, the dimensions of mental well-being were higher in healthy subjects than in myocardial infarction patients (F=4.41, P<0.05) and there was no difference between male and female (F=0.01, P>0.05).
Conclusion: Myocardial infarction patients have a lower quality of life and subjective well-being than healthy people. Based on the results, it is necessary to pay more attention to two variables of quality of life and subjective well-being in the design of interventions to reduce the psychological problems of patients with MI.
