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Mansour Fathi; Leila Abdolmaleki; Sara Makki Alamdari; Seyed Hossein Mohaqeqi
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Objective: Women living with HIV (WLWH) experience various psychosocial challenges, which negatively affecttheir quality of life (QOL). The current study examines the outcomes of women living with HIV (WLWH), whoreceive cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBGT) for improving quality of life in Tehran, ...
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Objective: Women living with HIV (WLWH) experience various psychosocial challenges, which negatively affecttheir quality of life (QOL). The current study examines the outcomes of women living with HIV (WLWH), whoreceive cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBGT) for improving quality of life in Tehran, Iran.Method: The design of the study is a randomized clinical trial (RCT). Sixty women with HIV were randomly assignedinto control and intervention groups, with 30 participants for each group. A 10-session cognitive behavioral grouptherapy was provided only to the intervention group. The control group participated in 3 sessions without specialtraining. To assess the effectiveness of the intervention, quality of life was measured using the MultidimensionalQuality of Life Questionnaire for HIV/AIDS (MQoL-HIV) before and one month after intervention delivery. Pre-testand post-tests were compared using t-test analysis.Results: After 10 weeks of training, the Mean±SD QOL score significantly increased in the intervention group. Basedon covariance analysis, the intervention group had a significantly higher QOL score than the control group after theintervention P<0.05.Conclusion: Due to the low quality of life among WLWH, CBGT can be helpful in providing psychologicalrehabilitation to improve the quality of life of this group.
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maryam maadi; Abbas Abolghasemi; mosa kafie; seyedeh Hajar Sharami
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Objective: Pelvic inflammatory disease is a common infection that can reduce family functioning by causing longterm complications such as chronic pelvic pain and infertility. This study aimed to comparefamily functions in Infertile women with and without pelvic inflammatory disease.Method: The research ...
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Objective: Pelvic inflammatory disease is a common infection that can reduce family functioning by causing longterm complications such as chronic pelvic pain and infertility. This study aimed to comparefamily functions in Infertile women with and without pelvic inflammatory disease.Method: The research method was causal-comparative, and the participants included 48 infertile women with pelvicinflammatory disease and 57 infertile women without pelvic inflammatory disease, referred to Al-Zahra Hospitalin Rasht in 2021. Based on the patients’ records and the diagnosis of the gynecologist, infertile women with pelvicinflammatory disease (tubular factor) and infertile women without pelvic inflammatory disease (due to other causes)were selected purposefully. A demographic checklist and McMaster Family Functioning Questionnaire were used tocollect data. Research data were analyzed using one-way and multivariate variance analysis.Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the mean scores of emotional fusion ininfertile women with pelvic inflammatory disease and infertile women without pelvic inflammatory disease (P <0.05). In addition, there was a significant difference in the two levels of high and low education in emotional controland response and interaction between group and education components (P < 0.05).Conclusion: According to the results of this study and the importance of the emotional integration component inwomen with infertility without pelvic inflammatory disease, this component can be used as a strength in these womenfor more effective communication in married life and to reduce the negative effects of infertility and education shouldbe further examined as a possible influential variable.
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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.
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Alaleh Attaran khorasani; Mohammad javad Aldaghi; niki darbanbashi khamesi; manizheh maleki; zahra jahani; rahman razavi
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Objective: Treatment adherence, the extent to which patients can follow the agreed recommendations for prescribedtreatments with a healthcare provider, is a key component of chronic disease management. This study aimed atexamining the structural pattern of personality traits of cancer patients on treatment ...
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Objective: Treatment adherence, the extent to which patients can follow the agreed recommendations for prescribedtreatments with a healthcare provider, is a key component of chronic disease management. This study aimed atexamining the structural pattern of personality traits of cancer patients on treatment adherence and cancer coping selfefficacy mediated by social support.Method: The method of the present study was descriptive, and the research design was correlational based on structuralequation modeling. The statistical population included all female patients with breast cancer referred to Shahid RahimiHospital for follow-up treatment, among whom 300 were selected using the convenience sampling method. Then, theycompleted the research questionnaires, including Five Personality Traits, the Self-efficacy for Appropriate MedicineUse Scale, Cancer Behavior Inventory, and Social Support Therapeutic Outcomes Questionnaire. The research datawere analyzed using AMOS statistical software.Results: The results showed a significant relationship between personality traits, adherence to treatment, cancer selfefficacy, and social support. The results of structural equation modeling showed a good fit of the model with theexperimental data, and the general hypothesis of the research was confirmed. Personality traits have a significantpositive effect on adherence to cancer treatment and self-efficacy. Also, personality traits mediated by social supportshowed a negative and significant relationship with adherence to treatment and cancer self-efficacy.Conclusion: This study showed the effective role of social support in the outcome of social and individual measuresto increase adherence to treatment and cancer self-efficacy in patients with breast cancer.
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amin rafiepoor; Majid Saffarinia; Nasrin Hosseini
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Objective: The present study determined the fit of hope model based on spiritual health, body image, family support, and health locus of control mediated by social comparison in patients with postoperative breast cancer.
Method: The sample of the study included 400 women selected using the purposive ...
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Objective: The present study determined the fit of hope model based on spiritual health, body image, family support, and health locus of control mediated by social comparison in patients with postoperative breast cancer.
Method: The sample of the study included 400 women selected using the purposive sampling method from patients with breast cancer who after surgery referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran in the spring and summer of 2021. Data collection tools included Gibbons and Buunk's Social Comparison Orientation Scale (1993), Khodapnahi et al.'s Social Support Questionnaire (2009), Schneider Hope Scale (1991), Paloutzian and Ellison's Spiritual Well-Being Scale (1982), Cash, Winstead, and Janda's Body Image Questionnaire (1985), and Wallston et al.'s multidimensional Health Locus of control scales (1978).
Results: The hope model based on spiritual health, body image, family support, and health locus of control mediated by social comparison in postoperative breast cancer patients had a good fit. Also, spiritual health (r = 0.48), body image (r = 0.46), family support (r = 0.37), and health locus of control (r = 0.23) had a direct correlation and indirect effect on the variable of hope mediated by social comparisons.
Conclusion: In order to increase the hope as the inner force needed to fight breast cancer, we can improve the quality of spiritual health, positive body image, family support, source of health control, and social comparison.
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Talieh Asaollahi; mahdieh salehi; farhad jomehri; sadegh Taghilou
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Aim: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between stress, mindfulness, and binge eating in obese people with mediating role of experiential avoidance. Method: The current research was of quantitative type with correlational method. The statistical population included all overweight and obese ...
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Aim: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between stress, mindfulness, and binge eating in obese people with mediating role of experiential avoidance. Method: The current research was of quantitative type with correlational method. The statistical population included all overweight and obese people in the city of Karaj in 2019, and 414 people were selected as research samples through convenience sampling method. Data were collected by calculating participants' body mass index, Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (Bond et al,2011), Harry's stress questionnaire (2005), five-factor mindfulness questionnaire (Baer et al,2004), and binge eating scale (Gormally et al,1982). Collected data were analyzed using structural equation modeling in Amos software. Results: Stress and mindfulness are known variables in clinical interventions for people with binge eating problems but choosing the strategic and practical variable of experimental avoidance as a mediator between these categories and overeating confirmed these variables' theoretical and practical value. This research highlighted the role of experiential avoidance as a powerful and effective variable in the outcome of individual and social measures in the management and planning to correct overeating behavior in obese people.
