Rasool Heshmati, Mehdi Zemestani,
Volume 22, Issue 2 (6-2019)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Considering the effect of coronary heart disease (CAD) on the health status, the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on health status and disease symptoms of patients with CAD after CABG.
Materials and Methods: The research method was single subject. The statistical population of study included all patients with coronary artery disease in Tabriz city who referred to Shahid Madani Hospital in Tabriz during the second six months of the year 2016 for rehabilitation after surgery. The study sample consisted of four available CAD patients. Seattle's Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) and a researcher-designed scale for CAD symptoms were used as tools. Data were analyzed through recovery percentage, PND, SMD and visual analysis of chart method.
Ethical Considerations: This study with research ethics code 2384411 has been approved by research ethics committee at Tabriz university of medical sciences, Iran.
Findings: Results indicated that MBSR has a moderate efficiency in improving the disease symptoms. The effectiveness of MBSR is relatively low in improving the health status of patients with CAD.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that MBSR is a relatively effective treatment on reducing disease symptoms of CAD patients and is a relatively poor intervention to improve the health status of these patients.
Dr Mehdi Zemestani, Mrs Azam Saidian,
Volume 26, Issue 1 (April & May 2023)
Abstract
Introduction: Since dermatologic diseases are relatively high prevalent in the society and are associated with various psychological consequences, the present study was conducted to compare the difficulties in emotion regulation, psychological flexibility and quality of life in dermatologic patients with Lichen Simplex Chronicus and normal population.
Methods: The study design was causal-comparative, and the statistical population included all men and women with dermatologic diseases who referred to skin clinics in Tehran, Karaj and Qom cities. A convenience sampling method was employed to select 199 patients as the study sample. In addition, for the comparison group 200 normal individuals were selected from normal population. All participants assessed by the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II), and Short Form-36 Quality of Life (SF-36). Data were analyzed by Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA). This study was approved by Research Ethics Committee of University of Kurdistan (Code: IR.UOK.REC.1401.015).
Results: Results showed that there was significant difference between two groups in terms of difficulties in emotion regulation, psychological flexibility and quality of life. The mean scores of difficulties in emotion regulation scale and psychological flexibility were higher in the patient group and lower in quality of life than the healthy group.
Conclusions: According to the present results, psychological factors of emotional dysregulation and psychological inflexibility may play a role in the persistence of skin problems of Lichen Simplex Chronicus. Since psychological underlying factors are often involved in the development and maintenance of dermatologic diseases, it is suggesting to use psychological interventions for these patients at the same time.
