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Ziba Farajzadegan; Neda Tavakoli Moghadam; Mahboobeh Naderolasli; Hossein Aahmadloo; Mohammad Ali Boroumand; Nima Motamed
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objective: Quality of life (QOL) in cancer patients is more important than being only alive. In all types of cancers, treatments and complications of treatments affect patients’ quality of life directly and indirectly. So finding ways to improve the quality of life in cancer patients is one ...
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objective: Quality of life (QOL) in cancer patients is more important than being only alive. In all types of cancers, treatments and complications of treatments affect patients’ quality of life directly and indirectly. So finding ways to improve the quality of life in cancer patients is one of the priorities of the health system. One effective way is the improvement of the sense of coherence (SOC) which is one of the components of salthogenic medicine. In this research, we investigated the effect of sense of coherence on quality of life in cancer patients through a systematic review.
Methods and material: As the research method was a systematic review, in our search strategy, we searched some databases, such as PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane, web of science, and Embase. At first, we studied all the articles, and based on their title, we chose some of them. Then based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study, appropriate and related articles were selected. CASP (Critical Appraisal Skills Program) checklist was used to evaluate the articles. Finally, eight articles remained for analysis. Then the results were extracted and synthesized.
Results: In this review, it was found that in most studies there was a strong association between SOC and QOL, but some variables, such as age and stage of cancer, could impress the degree of this association. The differences between the kinds of questions in different questionnaires might be the result of these differences.
Conclusion: Taken together, there is a moderate correlation between SOC and QOL and some other factors can influence both of them, so we should do more research to find the factors that can improve the SOC in cancer patients.
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Karim Sevari
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Objective: Fear of Covid 19 is one of the topics that human beings experienced in 2019 that threatened the individuals’ physical health and life, increased their stress, and triggers a wide range of psychological problems such as anxiety and depression. In the present study, the role of positivity ...
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Objective: Fear of Covid 19 is one of the topics that human beings experienced in 2019 that threatened the individuals’ physical health and life, increased their stress, and triggers a wide range of psychological problems such as anxiety and depression. In the present study, the role of positivity and intolerance of uncertainty in the fear of developing Covid 19 was investigated.
Method: The study population included all the boy and girl university students studying in psychology, educational sciences, and counseling at Payame Noor University, Khuzestan Province. Among them, 269 students were voluntarily selected through the social network WhatsApp. The study method is correlational. The data were gathered with the assistance of positivism, uncertainty intolerance, and fear of Covid-19 questionnaires. SPSS software was used to analyze the data.
Result: The results of regression analysis indicated that positivism and intolerance of uncertainty are predictors of fear of Covid-19 that account for 16% of the variance of fear of Covid-19 (P<0.05).
Conclusions: The present study indicates that in order to reduce the fear of Covid-19, shifting from the negative attitude to the positive attitude and intolerance of uncertainty to the tolerance of uncertainty is necessary.
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fatemeh Fazeli sani; Mahdieh Salehi; amin rafiepoor; Javad Khalatbari
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Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy and cognitivebehavioral therapy on pain coping strategies and pain catastrophizing in patients with pain disorder.Method: The research method was a quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design and a control ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy and cognitivebehavioral therapy on pain coping strategies and pain catastrophizing in patients with pain disorder.Method: The research method was a quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design and a control group and a twomonth follow-up. The statistical population of the study included all women with psychosomatic problems and painwho referred to Manoushan and Behsa counseling centers in Tehran. The sample size included 60 patients (three groupsof 20). The research instruments included the Rosenstileand Keefe (1983) Pain Coping Strategies Questionnaire andthe Bishop and Pivik (1995) Pain CatastropheScale. The emotion-focused experimental group received 12 trainingsessions and the cognitive-behavioral experimental group received 10 sessions training, but the control group did notreceive any intervention during the study.Results: The results of mixed variance analysis and Benferroni pairwise comparison test showed that both emotionfocused therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy have significant impact on the components of pain reinterpretation,pain catastrophizing, behavioral activity, and coping efficiency (P <0.05), but they do not have significant effect onthe components of return attention, ignoring pain, prayer and hope, and self-talking (P <0.05). The results also showedthat both treatments have significant effect on pain catastrophizing (P<0.05). Also, no significant difference wasobserved between the two experimental groups (P <0.05).Conclusion: Therefore, the results of the present study show that emotion-focused therapy, like cognitive-behavioraltherapy, can be used for patients with pain disorders and improve their cognitive factors.
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reza ahmadi; shahla farahzad boujeni; Ahmad Ghazanfari; Tayebe SHarifi
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Motivational Interview Group Therapy on Pain Self-Efficacy and Resilience of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
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Objective: Multiple sclerosis affects the quality of life of patients due to its association with numerous neurological ...
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Motivational Interview Group Therapy on Pain Self-Efficacy and Resilience of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
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Objective: Multiple sclerosis affects the quality of life of patients due to its association with numerous neurological problems; it may lead to job loss and reduced participation in social activities and, in general, have a negative impact on their professional and social life.
Method: In the present study, the effectiveness of motivational interview group therapy on pain self-efficacy and resilience of patients with multiple sclerosis was investigated. The present study is quasi-experimental in which 24 patients were selected from the population of patients with multiple sclerosis in Borujen city in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, using the convenience sampling method. Research tools included pain self-efficacy (. Data analysis was performed by repeated variance analysis using SPSS-22 software.
Results: The results showed that motivational interview group therapy had a significant effect on increasing pain self-efficacy (Partial ŋ2= 0.24, p = 0.002, F = 6.92). Also, motivational interview group therapy had a significant effect on increasing resilience (Partial ŋ2 = 0.58, p = 0.001, F = 30.06). The present study showed that motivational interview group therapy improves pain self-efficacy and resilience of patients with multiple sclerosis.
Conclusion: Accordingly, in the process of motivational interview group therapy, patients learn to become aware of the mental process by teaching behavioral, cognitive, and metacognitive strategies, and in this way, they improve the resilience and pain self-efficacy.
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Fatemeh Bayanfar
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Objective: Hemodialysis patients suffer many problems including feelings of loneliness, fatigue, and low lifestyle quality. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of online existential consciousness therapy on these patients’ loneliness, fatigue, and lifestyle.
Methods: The research ...
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Objective: Hemodialysis patients suffer many problems including feelings of loneliness, fatigue, and low lifestyle quality. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of online existential consciousness therapy on these patients’ loneliness, fatigue, and lifestyle.
Methods: The research method was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest and follow-up design with a control group. The research population was all hemodialysis patients who were referred to the dialysis center of Nikan Hospital in Tehran. Using the convenience sampling method, 30 participants were selected as study samples. Research instruments for collecting data were the Rasel’s Loneliness Questionnaire (1978), the Fick's Fatigue Impact Questionnaire (1944), and the Corona Virus Lifestyle Scale (Ali Akbari Dehkordi, et al., 2020). For the experimental group, ten 90-minutes sessions were performed through Sky-room.
Results: MANCOVA and ANCOVA showed that existential consciousness training reduced the feeling of loneliness in the sub-components of not having a close friend, lack of loneliness, and isolation, but was not effective in the sub-component of sociability. This intervention also reduced the fatigue in the cognitive and social components but did not affect the physical component. It was also effective on the happy lifestyle but did not affect the healthy lifestyle.
Conclusions: Existential consciousness therapy was effective in reducing the loneliness feeling, fatigue impact, and lifestyle changes of hemodialysis patients during home quarantine. Therefore, this method can be used as a new therapeutic approach to reduce the loneliness and fatigue impact caused by hemodialysis and change patients' lifestyles during quarantine in medical centers and psychological services.
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zeinab Sharifipour Chokami; Arefeh Hamideh Moghadam; Abbas Abolghasemi
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Objective: According to the importance of health precautions and preventive behaviors against COVID-19, the present study aimed to compare health-related behaviors in individuals with and without COVID-19.
Methods: This study was causal-comparative and descriptive. The sample of the study was 30 persons ...
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Objective: According to the importance of health precautions and preventive behaviors against COVID-19, the present study aimed to compare health-related behaviors in individuals with and without COVID-19.
Methods: This study was causal-comparative and descriptive. The sample of the study was 30 persons with a history of COVID-19 infection and 61 normal individuals who were selected from men and women in Rasht through convenience sampling in 2021. To collect data, the Clark et al.’s Compliance Behaviors Against COVID-19 Questionnaire (2020) was used.
Results: The results of multivariate analysis of variance showed that there were differences in health-related behaviors among individuals with and without COVID-19. In other words, the mean score of Perceived Invulnerability was higher in individuals with COVID-19 and Health Precautions and Health Importance in them were less than normal individuals.
Conclusions: These findings indicate that there are gaps in health behaviors related to the COVID-19 area and awareness in this area can have a positive effect on the quality of health-related behaviors.
