Ahmad Alipour; Roghayeh Mohammadi
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Objective: Painful diabetic neuropathy is a major complication of chronic diabetes with a significant negative impacton the quality of sleep and quality of life in diabetic patients. This study was conducted to determine the single andcombined effect of the primary motor cortex (M1) and left Dorsolateral ...
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Objective: Painful diabetic neuropathy is a major complication of chronic diabetes with a significant negative impacton the quality of sleep and quality of life in diabetic patients. This study was conducted to determine the single andcombined effect of the primary motor cortex (M1) and left Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (L- DLPFC/ F3) anodictranscranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in improving sleep quality and quality of life in type 2 diabetes patientswith neuropathic pain.Method: The current study was a four-group double-blind randomized clinical trial. The statistical population consistedof all patients with type 2 diabetes aged 45 to 65 years, who were members of the Bonab Diabetes Association in2022 and identified as having neuropathic pain by specialists. The research sample was 48 people selected throughthe purposeful sampling method and randomly assigned into three experimental groups and one sham control group.Patients in four groups received their respective interventions for 12 sessions, three times a week. The data collectionwas done using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the 36-Item Short Form Quality of Life questionnaire(SF-36).Results: According to the findings, only the stimulation of M1 and F3 areas was effective in improving the sleepquality of diabetic patients. In terms of increasing quality of life, the effect of combined treatment (stimulation ofboth M1 and F3 areas) was significantly higher than the F3 area stimulation and sham stimulation groups. Also, theobserved effect remained stable until the 3-month follow-up stage.Conclusion: According to the results of this research, neuropsychological rehabilitation through electrical stimulationof the M1 and F3 areas of the brain was supported to improve the sleep quality and the quality of life of diabeticneuropathy patients.
Majid Saffarinia; Hossein Zare; Mina Moghtaderi
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Background and purpose: The emergence of chronic diseases, such as Parkinson, seriously damages the patients’ psychological health besides their physical health. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of the package of hope therapy based on positivist ...
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Background and purpose: The emergence of chronic diseases, such as Parkinson, seriously damages the patients’ psychological health besides their physical health. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of the package of hope therapy based on positivist approach on life quality and psychological wellbeing of patients with Parkinson. Method: The present study was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest, control group and two-month follow-up period. The statistical population of the present study included the people with Parkinson in the city of Isfahan in the winter of 2018-19. The participants of study were 40 patients with Parkinson who were selected through non-random available sampling. The selected samples were randomly assigned into experimental and control groups (20 patients in the experimental group and 20 in the control group). The experimental group received training intervention of hope therapy based on positivist approach in ten ninety-minute sessions for three months. The applied questionnaires in this study included the questionnaires of life quality (WHO, 1994) and psychological wellbeing (Ryff, 1980). The data from the study were analyzed through repeated measurement ANOVA. Results: The results showed that the training package of hope therapy based on positivist approach has significant effect on life quality and psychological wellbeing of Parkinson patients (f= 83.83, f= 117.68, p<0.001). The score of the effect of training hope therapy based on positivist approach on life quality and psychological wellbeing of Parkinson patients were 77 and 83 respectively. Conclusion: The findings of the present study showed that training package of hope therapy based on positivist approach can lead to the improvement of life quality and psychological wellbeing of Parkinson patients due to enjoying the methods of hope therapy and positivist psychotherapy.
