rogayeh mohammadi; ahmad alipour; Kazem Hajihaji
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Aim: The aim of this study was to determining the net effect and combined effect of two Mindful Breath awareness and Muscle Relaxation (MBMR) and Cranio-Electro Stimulation (CES) techniques on improving the sleep quality of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Method: The present study is a randomized, ...
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Aim: The aim of this study was to determining the net effect and combined effect of two Mindful Breath awareness and Muscle Relaxation (MBMR) and Cranio-Electro Stimulation (CES) techniques on improving the sleep quality of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Method: The present study is a randomized, three-group, double-blind, clinical trial of mixed inter-intra-subject design. The sample of the study included 30 patients with type 2 diabetes who were purposefully selected from Bonab Diabetes Association and were randomly assigned to three groups of 10 people of MBMR, CES, and MBMR+CES and in 10 single sessions, they received their group related interventions. Patients sleep quality were evaluated in three stages: pre-test, post-test, and one-month follow-up, with Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The collected data were analyzed by SPANOVA test, analysis of covariance and Bonferroni's post hoc test. Results: According to the results, all three interventions used were effective in reducing sleep problems over time. The most immediate effect occurred with the lowest stability for MBMR treatment, and the highest effect and stability of the effect occurred for MBMR+CES combined therapy. Conclusion: Therefore, the study found the combined application of two techniques, MBMR and CES (20 minutes, 100 µA and 0.5 Hz), to be effective and safe for rapid and stable sleep quality improvement in patients with type 2 diabetes.
ahmad alipoor; rogayeh mohammadi
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Introduction:The aim of the present quasi-experimental research with pre-test and post-test design with control group study was to examine the effectiveness of computer-assisted cognitive remediation on executive functions and cognitive abilities of students with diabetes. Method: 18 Students with diabetes ...
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Introduction:The aim of the present quasi-experimental research with pre-test and post-test design with control group study was to examine the effectiveness of computer-assisted cognitive remediation on executive functions and cognitive abilities of students with diabetes. Method: 18 Students with diabetes were selected from the Diabetes Association of Bonab city and randomly assigned into two experimental and control groups of nine people. Executive functions and cognitive abilities of both experimental and control groups were measured with research tools in the pre-test and post-test steps. The tools used in this study were computer software for memory and attention refinement, the software version of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, and the Coglab software (change detection from the attention test set, and signal detection of Perception test set). For intervention, the experimental group was individually under cognitive remediation in 10 half-hour sessions (twice a week) by using attention and memory improvement software. Findings: Data were analyzed using one-way covariance analysis. The results indicated an increase in cognitive abilities (attention for the discovery of change and perception) in the experimental group. However, the applied intervention did not increase the executive functions of the experimental group. Conclusion:The study concluded that although the intervention and the number of meetings prescribed in this study were useful for promoting cognitive abilities, they did not have enough power to improve its executive functions.
Hossein Zare; Rogayeh Mohammadi Garegozlo
Volume 2, Issue 7 , February 2017, , Pages 63-78
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Introduction: Due to the important role of the brain and frontal area, especially the prefrontal cortex, in decision-making and also proposing defects in the functioning of frontal area in alexithymia, the aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between decision making styles and alexithymia. ...
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Introduction: Due to the important role of the brain and frontal area, especially the prefrontal cortex, in decision-making and also proposing defects in the functioning of frontal area in alexithymia, the aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between decision making styles and alexithymia. Method: In the present descriptive-correlational study, 257 university students (114 males and 143 females) were selected among Payam Noor Universities of Bonab and Tabriz by multistage random sampling and both Making Styles Questionnaire of Scott and Bruce (1995) and Twenty-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale were administered among the subjects. The obtained data were analyzed by Pearson correlation test and multiple linear regression analysis. Findings: The results approved the predictive role of alexithymia in explaining the decision making styles of rational, avoidance, and intuitive. As predicted, increasing alexithymia leads to increasing rational decision making style, and decreasing avoidance and intuitive decision making styles. However, among three factors of alexithymia, concrete thinking was recognized as the only effective factor in rational decision making style, and difficulty in identifying emotions as the only effective factor on avoidance and intuitive decision making styles. Conclusion: It seems that there should be common points in the biological basis of decision making and alexithymia. This defect is most likely to occur in the prefrontal cortex function which is activated in ethical decision making, and defects in exchanging information from its right side to the left side.
