فهرست مطالب
Iranian Rehabilitation Journal
Volume:14 Issue: 30, Dec 2016
- تاریخ انتشار: 1395/10/18
- تعداد عناوین: 7
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Pages 201-210ObjectivesThe parent-child relationship is one of the strongest predictors of a childs adjustment during adulthood. Many hearing-impaired children have normal hearing families, and this issue adversely affects the parent-child relationship; however, studies on interventions have focused on high-risk clinical specimens.MethodsThe effect of the Faranak parent-child program (Persian version of parent-child Mother Goose program) on the quality of mother-child relationship has been evaluated in this study, which involved families having preschool, hearing-impaired children. A group of 14 mothers with hearing-impaired children participated in this 12-week program. The control group received no training. Both groups were asked to complete the Gerrard parent-child questionnaire before and after the intervention program to assess their relationship with their children before and after the program.ResultsThe mothers who were part of the experiment group reported many positive changes in their relationship with the child during the program.DiscussionThe Frank parent-child Mother Goose program could help families with hearing-impaired children in this 12-week community-based program, wherein parents learned skills that affect the relationship between mother and child.Keywords: Parent-child relationship, Parent-Child Mother Goose Program, Faranak Program, Hearing impairment
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Pages 211-216ObjectivesThis paper aims to explore whether the Persian-speaking patients of different stages, ranging from mild to moderate, have a deficit in semantic processing by comparing the performance of Alzheimers patients with that of the healthy individuals.MethodsThe subjects of both the groups of Alzheimers patients and healthy control were matched for age, the state of monolingual or bilingual, and socio-cultural status. In order to assess the semantic processing ability of the subjects, Pekkalas 2004 model was adopted. According to the model, the subjects were required to produce (say) the name of as many as category members of animals as possible within the time limit of 60 seconds.ResultsThe findings showed that while healthy subjects had an intact semantic processing ability, the AD patients showed weak performance in the five measures of semantic fluency including the number of true linguistic units, the total quantity of words, word size in clusters, the mean cluster size, and the cluster switching.DiscussionConclusionFollowing the framework of Troyer (1998b), it has been concluded that AD patients suffer from the semantic processing.Keywords: Alzheimers, Dementia, Executive function, Comprehension
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Pages 217-222ObjectivesIntegration of religion and spirituality in the workplace help people to be more satisfied with their job. The aim of the present study was to explore the role of religious beliefs, faith at work, and spirituality in the prediction of job satisfaction among rehabilitation experts.MethodsWith the help of simple random sampling, 163 subjects (74 speech and language pathologists, and 89 occupational therapists) were selected from rehabilitation experts employed across educational clinics affiliated to the Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The Islamic religiosity scale, faith at work scale, spirituality and spiritual care rating scale, and Dunnetts job satisfaction questionnaire were used to collect the data. Multiple regression and Pearson correlation were applied for data analysis.ResultsThe findings showed that religious beliefs and faith at work can significantly influence job satisfaction among rehabilitation experts (P0.05).DiscussionThese findings showed that religious beliefs are superior to spirituality as far as predictions about job satisfaction were concerned among Iranian rehabilitation experts.Keywords: Spirituality, Religion, Rehabilitation, Speech-language pathology, Occupational therapy, Job satisfaction
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Pages 223-228ObjectivesAny form of disability is considered a critical factor having significant effects on a family. Stress is the main result of such effects on parents. According to the classical procedure, the mothers play a major role as child caregiver, so they experience more stress than other members of the family. The goal of this study was to develop and assess the role of the de-stress training program in decreasing the stress of mothers of mentally disabled children.MethodsThis study was a semi-experimental research with follow-up. The study sample included 20 mothers of children with mental disabled who live in Tehran. The parental stress scale was used for measuring mothers stress. Data was analyzed by univariate analysis of covariance.ResultsThe data presented a significant difference between the control and experiment groups. Also, the results did not show a significant difference between pre-test and follow-up, indicating a persistent effect of the training.DiscussionDe-stress training program was found to significantly decrease the stress of mothers of mentally disabled children.Keywords: Mentally disabled children, Parenting Stress, De-stress training program
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Pages 229-238ObjectivesThe purpose of this study is to examine the use of assistive technology, social support in everyday life and psychological existential orientation for individuals with physical disabilities.MethodsForty-six elderly persons with physical disabilities (aged 73.7±10.6 years, range 53-93 years) were examined with regard to the use of assistive technology, social support in everyday life and psychological existential orientation by an extensive questionnaire set (questionnaire for assistive technology (AT-24), questionnaire for social support (F-SOZU-K-22) and Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI)).ResultsThe subjects stated that they needed aid and social support in order to carry out their daily indoor/outdoor activities (for e.g. dressing, having a bath / shower, using toilet, eating, going up / down the stairs, shopping, or going out). The most commonly used mobility aid was the walking frame that accounted for 61.9%, followed by the walking stick with 40.5% and a bathtub lift with 21.4%. The results also showed the psychopathological symptoms in the sample.DiscussionAssistive technologies together with the support of relatives and care services help people to cope with a variety of activities in their daily lives with fewer restrictions. The effectiveness of the aids differs between participants because it depends on several factors such as health, knowledge, and information about aids, as well as the appropriate selection of aids.Keywords: Elderly with disabilities, Assistive technology, Social support, Independent living, Psychological distress
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Pages 239-245ObjectivesThe basal ganglia (BG) controls different patterns of behavior by receiving inputs from sensory-motor and pre-motor cortex and projecting it to pre-frontal, pre-motor and supplementary motor areas. As the exact role of BG in swallowing process has not been fully determined, we aimed at reviewing the published data on neurological control in the swallowing technique to have a better understanding of BGs role in this performance.MethodsEnglish-language articles, which were published before December 2015 and eligible for the present research, were extracted from databases according to the inclusion criteria, i.e. articles related to neurological aspects of swallowing and/or lesions of sub-cortical or BG relevant to swallowing disorders.ResultsThis systematic review indicates that BG is a complicated neurological structure with indistinct functions and that swallowing is a sophisticated process with several unknown aspects.DiscussionSwallowing is a multifaceted performance that needs contribution of the tongue, larynx, pharynx, and esophagus as well as the neurological structures such as neocortex and subcortical regions - BG and brainstem.Keywords: Basal ganglia, Swallowing, Thalamo-cortical circuits