Afsaneh Dortaj; Mahnaz Aliakbari Dehkordi; Abdorreza Naser Moghadasi
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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Management (CBSM) therapy on distress tolerance, pain perception, and interleukin-12 (IL-12) in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).Method: The present study was a quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest, ...
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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Management (CBSM) therapy on distress tolerance, pain perception, and interleukin-12 (IL-12) in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).Method: The present study was a quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest, follow-up, and control group. The statistical population included all female patients with relapsing-remitting MS who had been referred to Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Research Centers of Tehran Medical Sciences University. Among them, 20 patients were selected by convenience sampling and were randomly assigned to experimental (10 patients) and control groups (10 patients). The experimental group received the CBSM. Participants completed the research scales. To measure IL-12, the Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) was used. The data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) and Bonferroni post-hoc test.Results: CBSM increased the distress tolerance and components of pain perception (perceived influence of important people and doing daily affairs) (p<0.001) and decreased pain severity and IL-12. Also, these changes remained stable during follow-up.Conclusions: CBSM is effective on distress tolerance, pain perception, and IL-12 in MS patients.
Farnoosh Rafei; Mohammad Hatami; Anita Baghdassarians
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Objective: The purpose of the present research was to examine the effect of cognitive-behavioral stress management on health locus of control and resilience in patients with coronary artery disease.
Method: This research was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and control group. The statistical ...
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Objective: The purpose of the present research was to examine the effect of cognitive-behavioral stress management on health locus of control and resilience in patients with coronary artery disease.
Method: This research was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and control group. The statistical population of this research consisted of all patients aged 40-65 years with coronary artery disease who were referred to Kasra Hospital in Tehran in 2019. The sample was 90 patients who were selected by targeted sampling method and randomly assigned into the two experimental and control groups. Data were collected using the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale and Resilience Scale. The research data were analyzed using Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA).
Results: The results showed that the cognitive-behavior stress management significantly increased internal health locus of control and resilience in the experimental group (P<0.01).
Conclusions: Cognitive-behavioral stress management may lead to a change in one's self-awareness and abilities through cognitive challenge, cognitive error detection and thought replacement, which in turn can increases individual’s sense of containment and cognitive control.
