saade malekasgar; Mohammad Ali Mazaheri; Ladan Fata; Fereshte Mootabi; mahmood heidari
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Objective: Extramarita relations are among the main problems in the relationships of married couples that can resultin psychological disorders, tensions between couples, and even physical problems in people involved. The risk ofcontracting sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, is high among ...
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Objective: Extramarita relations are among the main problems in the relationships of married couples that can resultin psychological disorders, tensions between couples, and even physical problems in people involved. The risk ofcontracting sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, is high among the people who have extramaritalrelations. A large number of studies have addressed this issue, but there is no consistency in the results, and no researchhas reviewed them systematically. This study aims to depict a comprehensive image of the relationship betweenextramarital relationships and contracting HIV/AIDS.Method: This systematic review will be conducted using Pubmed, PsycINFO, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, ProQuest,Web of Science, and Google Scholar, as well as the grey literature with no restriction regarding the language. All types ofstudies investigated the relationship between extramarital relations and HIV/AIDS will be included. The population of thestudy will be considered the people more than 18 years old with extramarital relationships in their lives at the time of researchor before. Two independent reviewers will perform the study selection and data extraction. The assessment of the risk of bias will be implemented using the JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist. Publication bias will be assessed by funnel plots, Begg’s, and Egger’s tests. Heterogeneity will be evaluated using the I2 statistic and the χ2 test. Also, we will conduct subgroup analyses for the population and all Meta-analyses will be performed using Stata V.13 software.Conclusion: The findings will revealed a comprehensive picture of the relation between extramarital relationshipsand HIV/AIDS that can improve policy decisions, leading to a reduction and providing improved special services forindividuals, couples, and families, and society who faced this problem.
Mohadeseh Kako Joibari; mohammad oraki; hossein zare; Ahmad Alipour
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Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on neurocognitive performance in people with mild neurocognitive impairment. Using meta-analysis and integrating the research results, this study has examined the extent of the effect ...
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Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on neurocognitive performance in people with mild neurocognitive impairment. Using meta-analysis and integrating the research results, this study has examined the extent of the effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on the improvement of neurocognitive function in people with mild neurocognitive impairment.
Method: For collecting data for meta-analyses, Magiran, SID, and Irandoc databases were used to search Persian articles and Science direct, Scopus, and PubMed databases were used to find foreign articles by the use of keywords of ‘MCI’, ‘transcranial direct current stimulation’, tDCS, and ‘mild cognitive impairment’ and their equivalences for Persian articles. Of the 29 studies, 11 methodologically acceptable were meta-analyzed. The research tool was a meta-analysis checklist.
Results: The results of the study indicated publication bias in the studies. Due to the heterogeneity of the studies, a random-effect model was used. The effect of Hedges for the impact of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on neurocognitive functions in people with mild neurocognitive impairment was 0.26, which was a large effect.
Conclusion: This result shows that clinicians can choose transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as an effective intervention for patients who suffer from mild cognitive impairments. More investigations are necessary to find out the cognitive benefits of using transcranial direct current stimulation in elderly people and other cognitive impaired persons.
