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Sima Babazadeh Namini, Mohammad Reza Seirafi, Seyed Ahmad Elahi, Mehrdad Sabet,
Volume 10, Issue 2 (Spring 2021)
Abstract
Background: Human life is always accompanied by many crises and injuries. Impact or injury is an incident that can create a serious challenge to the individual. This study aims to present a structural model for predicting post-traumatic growth Inventory based on personality traits mediated by resilience in women with breast cancer.
Methods: This is a descriptive correlational study in which 200 women diagnosed with breast cancer admitted to Imam Hosein Hospital in Tehran and Imam Ali Hospital Complex of Alborz University of Medical Sciences were selected by convenience sampling method and tested in terms of personality traits, resilience and post-traumatic growth Inventory.
Results: Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. This model contains three Predictor variable (extraversion, openness to experience, and conscientiousness), one mediating variable (resilience), and one criterion variable (post-traumatic growth Inventory). The results showed different direct and indirect effects of the variables. Some coefficients were significant at 99% confidence level while some others were not significant at 95% confidence level (the level of significance was greater than 0.05). Extroversion and openness to experience had the greatest and least effects on resilience, respectively. Moreover, resilience had the greatest effect on posttraumatic growth.
Conclusion: Resilience mediates extraversion and conscientiousness. Extraversion and conscientiousness affect post-traumatic growth Inventory.
Mina Emami Gohari , Mohammadreza Seirafi , Amir Vaezi , Tahereh Ranjbaripoor, Maryam Mashayekh,
Volume 12, Issue 1 (11-2022)
Abstract
Background: Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory chronic disease of unknown etiology that is characterized by periods of remission and relapses. Interventions that are able to prevent disease relapse or improve the physical symptoms, will have a huge impact on mental health and quality of life in patients with ulcerative colitis.
Methods: This quasi-experimental study had a pretest-posttest-follow-up design with a control group and a one-year follow-up. The population included patients with UC who visited the Gastrointestinal Clinic at Bahonar Hospital, Karaj, Iran in Fall 2018 and Winter 2019. 34 UC patients were selected using purposeful sampling and were randomly assigned to two equal-size control and experimental groups. The experimental group attended twelve three-hour sessions of compassionate mind training (Gilbert 2010) and the Control group had a three-hour workshop on UC with no psychological interventions. Demographic Information Questionnaire (designed by the first author) and Lichtiger Colitis Activity Index were used. Data were analyzed by single factor covariance analysis and dependent t-test.
Results: Results showed compassionate mind training was significantly effective in improving the physical symptoms in UC patients, both at the end of the interventions (P < 0.01) and at the end of the 1-year follow-up (P < 0.01).
Conclusion: Given that compassionate mind training was effective in improving the physical symptoms of UC patients, this intervention can be used as a complementary therapy in addition to medical treatments in order to improve mental health services and establish policies regarding this matter.
Mina Emami Gohari, Mohammadreza Seirafi, Amir Abbas Vaezi, Tahereh Ranjbaripoor, Maryam Mashayekh,
Volume 12, Issue 2 (Spring 2023)
Abstract
Background: Several studies have demonstrated the efficacy of compassionate mind training for the quality of life in patients with chronic diseases. However, it remains to evaluate the effectiveness of this approach on patients with Ulcerative Colitis (UC). This study set out to assess the efficacy of compassionate mind training on improving patients' quality of life with Ulcerative Colitis.
Methods: This research was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest-follow-up design with a control group and a one-year follow-up. The statistical population included UC patients who visited the Gastrointestinal Clinic at Bahonar Hospital in Fall 2018 and Winter 2019. 34 UC patients were selected using purposeful sampling and were randomly assigned to two equal-size control and experimental groups. The experimental group attended twelve 180-mins sessions of compassionate mind training and the Control group had a 180-min workshop on UC with no psychological interventions. Patients were assessed using inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire-short form in 3 stages: pre-test, post-test and 1-year follow-up. Data were analyzed by single factor covariance analysis and dependent t-test.
Results: Results showed compassionate mind training was significantly effective in improving the quality of life in UC patients, both at the end of the interventions (P < 0.01) and at the end of the 1-year follow-up (P < 0.01).
Conclusion: Compassionate mind training can be used as an effective psychological intervention and a complementary therapy to improve the quality of life in UC patients in addition to medical treatments.
