فصلنامه روانشناسی سلامت
پیاپی 30 (تابستان 1398)

According to lack of detailed information on the most important factors related to quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease, the aim of this study is the modeling of psycho-social-cultural factors on the quality of life in patiants with coronary heart disease.

The data were collected using hospital scales of anxiety and depression, type D personality, perceived stress , the Mediterranean diet and socioeconomic status, and short forms of Stress coping schemas and individualism of collectivism and the researcher made perceived quality of life scales . 300 patients with coronary heart disease were selected with available sampling, from the February of 2018  to the May of 2018. Analysis based on path analysis was carried out in LISREL software.

Adaptive coping strategies(0.13), self-efficacy (0.028), anxiety and depression(- 0.024), type D personality(- 0.022), and socioeconomic status( 0.014 )had the most direct effects, and individualism(0.13) and Mediterranean diet (0.12 )had the most indirect effect for predicting quality of life.

It is suggested that patients be helped for using situational coping strategies, social support, acceptance and active emotional expression, to increase the level of self-efficacy on this group and take interventions properly to reduce their anxiety and depression. Also, be taught properly on the Mediterranean diet.

State-trait anxiety is one of the most important anxiety distributions (as an important factor in psychosomatic diseases). The purpose of this study was to investigate the moderating role of sleep quality in the relationship between state-trait anxiety with severity of symptoms in patients with a migraine headache diagnosis.

The study design is correlation. The study population includes all patients with migraine headache diagnosis will be referred to Neurological medical centers of Isfahan in 2018 which among those, 80 subjects will select by convenient sampling and they were assessed through Questionnaires of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (Buysse, 1989), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Spielberger, 1983) and Severity of Migraine Symptoms (Najjarian, 1976). Data were analyzed by Hayes Process Software.

The results showed that sleep quality has a significant moderating role in the relationship between state-trait anxiety with severity of migraine symptoms in the total sample, although the amount of this moderating in state anxiety has been more than trait anxiety (P<0/05).

Sleep quality as a psychological variable can reduce the effect of state-trait anxiety in severity of migraine symptoms

Blood cancer is the fifth common cancer in adults that can be threatening. The aim of this study was to predict the Post Traumatic Growth based on gratitude and social support in women with blood cancer.

The research design was correlational with a predictive aim based on regression method. 82 women with blood cancer were recruited from both inpatients and outpatients’ settings in Namazi hospital and Mottahari clinic using convenient sampling procedure. Measures were Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (Tedeschi and Calhoun, 1996), the Gratitude Questionnaire (Goodarzi, Noori & Marzooghi, 1393) and Perceived Social Support Questionnaire (Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet & Farley, 1988). Findings gratitude and social support were significantly correlated with Post Traumatic Growth and prediction was also significant.

it can be concluded that promoting gratitude in these patients and providing social support for them might contribute to Post Traumatic Growth.

Malnutrition is one of the important effective factors on mental and physical health of children. The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychological characteristics, attachment styles and cognitive emotion regulation of mothers as predictive factors of anthropometrics indices in 2-7 year-old Children, in Isfahan.

This was a correlative study. The population was all 2-7 years old children of Isfahan and their mothers. A sample of 130 mothers of children, were selected by convenient sampling method. The instruments were used in this research were Adult Attachment Styles Questionnaire, short form of SCL-90 and cognitive-emotion regulation questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by discriminant analysis.

The results showed that the psychological characteristics, attachment styles and cognitive emotion regulation of mothers can predict the nutritional problems of children.

These results revealed the importance of mother’s mental health, regulating emotional states and attachment styles in 2-7 years old children’s physical health

Aging is a natural, dynamic and developing process. With attention to the available issues in this period of life, such as getting retired, feeling lonely and exclusion, older adults are prone to crisis and other problems such as decreasing in life expectancy, amount of physical activity and finally depression. So, it seems necessary to use from different methods to decrease or prevention of this issues in this of life. With getting older psychological parameters will be affected. So, using non-pharmacological treatments such as exercise therapy, effective on physical and psychological performance, is suggested to control of those issued in this part of life.

To do this research, articles related to the effect of exercise on depression of older adults published between 2012-2017, available in sid.ir, magiran, and Google Scholar, were used. Keywords for this research were including physical activity, depression, and older adults. Finally, six researches were selected and meta-analysis was done based on them. The tool used in this research was meta analysis’ check- list.

The amount of effect size was d=0.64, that is statistically significant P<0.05 .

Based on the Cohen Table, the amount of effect size of exercise therapy on depression of older adults was high.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of mediator of health promoting lifestyle on the relationship between chronic fatigue syndrome and personality factors in the staff of Amiralmomenin Hospital in Tabriz.

The methodology of current study was in the framework of correlational design. Sample of study included 100 personnel of Tabriz Amiralmomenin Hospital who were selected through random sampling. Data collection was conducted applying Jason’s chronic fatigue questionnaire and Neura’s questionnaire of five personality factor and Walker's Lifestyle Improvement. A structural equation model was used to analyze the data.

The results indicate the role of mediator of health promoting lifestyle in relation to chronic fatigue syndrome with personality factors. According to the findings, the relationship between chronic fatigue syndrome and personality factors such as; Neuroticism(0/583), Extroversion(-0/404), Openness(-0/186), Experiences (-0/383), conscientious(-0/231) and Healthy lifestyle(-0/472).

The results indicate the role of mediator of health promoting lifestyle in relation to chronic fatigue syndrome and personality factors. The effect of chronic fatigue syndrome is directly related to personality factors and the health promotion lifestyle as a mediator variable has an indirect effect on this relationship

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of training based on positive- psychology on Quality of life and happiness of patients with type 2 diabetes.

This Quasi-Experimental study was a pretest- posttest and follow-up with control group. The statistical population of the study included patients with type 2 diabetes who referred to Hazrat Ali Health center (Isfahan, 2017) Of these, 30 members of the   diabetic patients were selected by convenient sampling ,and  were then randomly assigned into  two 15-member group (experimental and control groups). The experimental group received a positive psychological approach for 8 sessions of 90 minutes, and The control group did not receive any treatment. Both groups were evaluated before and after the intervention and in the follow up using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire (1996) and Oxford Happiness (1989).

Analysis of deta by variance with repeated measurements Showed that positive-psychological education had significant influence on the quality of life and   happiness in patients with type 2 diabetes and There is a significant difference between the experimental and control (P <0.001).

Positive psychological education effectively improves the quality of life and happiness of patients with type 2 diabetes. Therefore, it is recommended that this treatment approach be used to help improve the quality of life and happiness of these patients.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a preexisting chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease with a prevalence of 0.5 to 2.4 percent in the world. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on the psychological distress and fear of disease progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

this quasi-experimental clinical trial study was performed on 30 people with rheumatoid arthritis selected through purposive sampling and randomly assigned in tow groups, experimental and control (n= 15 persons) the intervention was implemented 8 session per week is a one-half hour session in the experimental group. Data were collected using Psychological distress questionnaire (DASS) and fear of disease progression and analysis was done by SPSS-22 software. Descriptive and inferential statistics and repeated measures ANOVA and Bonferroni post hoc test were used.

Results of repeated measure ANOVA showed significant difference between the two groups in mean depression and stress (P> 0.05). Anxiety scores were not significantly different between the two groups (P <0.05). Bonferroni post hoc test results showed a significant difference between the stress, depression and fear of disease progression in the pre-test, post-test and follow-up.

the results indicate the effect of ACT on the psychological distress and fear of disease progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis; therefore, this treatment can be used as a complementary treatment, along with medication, to improve the quality of life of these patients

The theory of the relationship between self-esteem and the performance of a disorder is based on the fact that self-esteem can provide individuals with emotions with safety in the face of threats and threats. The purpose of this study was comparisons implicit self-esteem and explicit in those who performed nasal surgery with normal people. This was a cross-sectional research.

The statistical population of the present study included all female infertility surgeons who referred to beauty centers of Rasht in spring 1397 and normal women. The community was selected through available sampling. 70 nose and 70 normal subjects were selected. The expression used in this research was the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and the Alphanumeric Scale (IPT). The mean scores indicate that women's ability to perform surgery is clear and insignificant in their self-esteem than ordinary ones.

The results of multivariate analysis of variance showed that the ability of the two groups of subjects in the obvious and the subtle self-esteem is not the same and there is a significant difference between the two groups.

Low self-esteem in individuals can be one of the reasons for the tendency of people to have a cosmetic surgery, so improving self-esteem can reduce the tendency for cosmetic surgery in the community.

Appropriate self-care is the base of treatment in hemodialysis patients. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between psychological factors (personality traits, anxiety, depression and stress) and the self- care of hemodialysis patient.

In a cross-sectional study 125 patients under chronic hemodialysis admitted to Al-Zahra and Noor hospitals of Isfahan city in 2012 were enrolled to the study with regard to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data collection tools were including three questionnaires (the five-factor personality inventory (Neo Big-5), Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) and Hemodialysis Self-care checklist that  after the choice of samples were given to complete. the data was analyzed by multivariate regression model.

Depression and conscientiousness are significantly correlated with self-care in hemodialysis patients. There is an inverse correlation between self-care and depression and a direct correlation between conscientiousness with self-care.

It seems that pay attention to psychological factors are required in practice with hemodialysis patients.