Samira Hassanzadeh; ahmad alipoor; hossein zare; mahdi Sharif_Alhoseyni
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Aim: The aim of this study was the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation on Improvementeveryday memory of patients with ischemic stroke.Method: This study was quassi experimental one with pre-test and post- test. The sample included 20patients with ischemic stroke who were randomly selected.They ...
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Aim: The aim of this study was the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation on Improvementeveryday memory of patients with ischemic stroke.Method: This study was quassi experimental one with pre-test and post- test. The sample included 20patients with ischemic stroke who were randomly selected.They hadnot significant difference in terms of the duration of the disease, the type of stroke and Neurological problems, then they Were assigned randomly into two experimental and control groups.Cognitive assessment of patients including pre-intervention, evaluation immediately after intervention and five weeks after intervention using Sunderland everyday memory Questionnaire (1983) was done.The experimental group received cognitive rehabilitation program as one-hour weekly sessions for eight weeks and the control group did not receive any intervention.Data were analyzed by Repeated Measure.Findings:Results indicated that cognitive rehabilitation had a positive effect onimproving the everyday memoryfunction of patients with ischemic stroke in the experimental group(pConclusion:according to the resultthere is evidence for the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation program in the everyday memory in patients with stroke. Cognitive rehabilitation can improve memory disorders, and have a positive effect on memory performance in these patients.
Ahmad Alipour; Samira Hasan zadeh pashang; Afshin Saberi
Volume 2, Issue 4 , June 2017, , Pages 9-30
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Introduction: Since cognitive defects have an effective role in the life of people with bipolar and schizophrenia disorders, the current research mainly aimed at comparing the status of executive functions and attention of the patients affected by schizophrenia and acute and chronic bipolar disorder ...
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Introduction: Since cognitive defects have an effective role in the life of people with bipolar and schizophrenia disorders, the current research mainly aimed at comparing the status of executive functions and attention of the patients affected by schizophrenia and acute and chronic bipolar disorder type I .It also aimed at comparing their functions with a normal group. Method: This study is a descriptive-comparative study thorough which the executive functions have been compared among five groups. The statistical population consists of all outpatient and inpatient patients affected with acute and chronic schizophrenia and acute and chronic bipolar type I in the manic episode who had referred to the Psychiatry Clinic of Shafa, Rasht. The participants were selected through convenience sampling within 2014-2015 and 60 male patients were selected. Age range of the subjects was 16-50 and they were paralleled in variables of gender, age, and education levels in the groups. Stroop Test and Tower of London Test were administered to all subjects in individual sessions and finally, data were analyzed via using Multivariate Analysis Test and Tukey Follow-up Tests. Findings: Results indicated that there is generally a significant difference (p≤ 0.05) between the groups with acute and chronic schizophrenia, acute and chronic bipolar disorder sufferers in the manic episode with normal people in Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and Continuous Performance Test. Conclusion: Schizophrenic patients had weaker executive function and attention disorder than the Bipolar disorder I patients and normal subjective. And chronicity had a great effect on executive function and attention disorder among the patients.
