جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « کیفیت زندگی درمانی » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

Family caregivers of patients with severe mental disorders experience a great deal of psychological burden. Various interventions have been performed to reduce the psychological problems and psychological burden of caregivers. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of a psychoeducational intervention and quality of life therapy on the psychological burden of family caregivers of patients with severe mental illness.

This quasi-experimental study was performed on 150 family caregivers of severely mentally ill patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Zahedan, Iran, in 2020. Caregivers randomly were allocated in three groups: quality of life therapy intervention (50 people), psycho-education intervention (50 people) and control group (50 people). The quality of life therapy intervention group received 8 sessions and psycho-education group received four sessions training during two weeks each lasting for 90 minutes. The psychological burden of caregivers was assessed before and 4 weeks after the training through using the Zarit burden questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 22 using paired t-test, independent t-test, chi-square and ANOVA.

The mean score of psychological burden of caregivers was significantly different between the three groups after the intervention (P = 0.002). Post hoc analysis showed that the mean score of psychological burden of caregivers in quality of life therapy group and psychological education was significantly different from the control group (P = 0.001). Also, the mean score of psychological burden of caregivers in quality of life therapy was significantly less than the score in psychological educational intervention group (P = 0.001).

Quality of life therapy was more effective in reducing the psychological burden of family caregivers of patients with severe mental disorders compared to psychological educational intervention.

Addiction as a crisis and a chronic long-term disorder can lead to mental health symptoms in the users and their family members, the most common of which are stress, anxiety and depression. The aim of the study was to determine the effect of a quality of life intervention on the psychological reactions in family caregivers of addicts.

 This study is a clinical trial. The research population included the family caregivers of addicts admitted to Baharan psychiatric hospital in 2018. The sample consisted of 80 subjects who were randomly divided into intervention and control groups. The caregivers in the intervention group received eight sessions of group counseling based on quality of life therapy and based on specified content, every other day. Eight weeks after the intervention, the data were collected using the DASS-21, and were analyzed by the SPSS software version 21 using paired t test, independent t test, Chi-square and Covariance.

After the quality of life intervention, the mean scores of stress, anxiety and depression in family caregivers in the intervention group (11.50±4.36, 11.05±3.49, 10.57±4.67) were significantly lower than those of in the control group (14.67±4.93, 14.02±4.33, 13.40±4.77) (P<0.01). There were no significant differences in these variables between the two groups before the intervention.

Counseling based on quality of life therapy in this study had a positive and significant effect on reducing the severity of psychological reactions in family caregivers of addicts. Therefore, health care providers are recommended to use this counseling approach along with addiction treatment programs to increase the welfare and psychological well-being of family caregivers.

infertility creates various psychological and emotional damages in the infertile women that applying appropriate psychological therapies is a necessity to decrease them. Therefore, the present study was conducted aiming to investigate the effectiveness of quality of life therapy on the marital burnout and psychological distress in the infertile women.

the present study was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest design and the control group. The statistical population of the present study included infertile women in the city of Tehran in 2018. 30 infertile women were selected through purposive voluntary sampling method and they were randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups (15 women in the experimental and 15 in the control group). The experimental group received eight ninety-minute sessions of life therapy quality (Frish, 2006) during two months. The applied questionnaires in the present study included marital burnout questionnaire (Painz, 1996) and psychological distress questionnaire (Kesler, et.al. 2002). The data were analyzed through MANCOVA method.

the results showed that quality of life therapy has significant effect on the marital burnout and psychological distress of infertile women (p<0.001) and was able to decrease marital burnout and psychological distress in the infertile women,

the findings of the present study revealed that quality of life therapy can be used as an efficient therapy to decrease marital burnout and psychological distress in the infertile women employing techniques such as attending to the values and spiritual life, hygiene and physical health, play and recreation, love and improving the relationship with the friends, children, relatives and the souse.

The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of quality of life therapy on improving relationships with coworkers, and reducing work-family conflicts among the personnel in Alzahra Medical Education Center, Isfahan Iran.
This was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest, and follow-up method and control group. The statistical population of this research included all employees of Alzahra in Isfahan. The sample consisted of 30 employees who were selected non-randomly, and randomly assigned to two equal groups of experimental and control. The experimental group received 9 treatment sessions of one and a half hours, under the training of quality of life therapy, while the control group did not receive any treatment. In the pretest, posttest, and follow-up period, both groups completed the relationships with coworkers scale, and the 18-item questionnaire on work-family conflict. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive (means and standard deviations) and inferential statistics (repeated measures analysis of variance).
Findings: The quality of life therapy significantly improved the relationships with coworkers (F = 33.198; P The results showed that quality of life therapy has an effect on improving relationships with coworkers, and reducing work-family conflicts.

Psychologists believe that paying attention to the self-esteem and happiness in nurses can have positive effects on motivating them to perform their duties. This study was conducted aimed at investigating the effects of quality of life therapy (QOLT) on increasing happiness and self-esteem among nurses at the public hospital of Shohadaye Lenjan in Zarrinshahr City.
Material and The research has a quasi-experimental and pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all nurses working at the Public Hospital of Shohadaye Lenjan in Zarrinshahr City in 2016. A sample comprised of 30 individuals was selected using the sampling method (the experimental group and the control group consisted of 15 individuals each). The experimental group received eight 60-minute sessions of weekly interventions, but the control group received no intervention. Data were collected using the Oxford Happiness Inventory and Coopersmith's Self-Esteem Inventory. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the covariance analysis. The results of the study indicated that there was a significant difference between the experimental group and the control group in terms of the increase in the happiness scores (p=0.002) and their components (i.e. life satisfaction (p=0.011), the positive mood (p=0.000), health (p=0.000), and efficacy (p=0.002)). Also, there was a significant difference between the two groups in terms of self-esteem (p=0.002) and its components, including social self-esteem (p=0.002) and family self-esteem (p=0.001). According to results of the current research, the quality of life therapy as the combination of the positive psychology and the cognitive behavioral therapy can increase happiness and self-esteem among nurses

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of therapy quality of life (QOLT) to change academic resilience and self-differentiation school students of Khorramabad girl was depressed .This quasi-experimental study in which the pretest - posttest control group was used. The sample consisted of 40 subjects that depression among female high school students of Khorramabad were selected and randomly assigned to experimental groups (health, quality of life QOLT) and control were handled .Intervention in the experimental group for 8 sessions of 2 hours of quality of life were QOLT treatment. During this period, the control group received no intervention. The data were collected from questionnaires differentiation of self Askvrn and Dundee (1998) and a questionnaire academic resilience Samuel (2004) in the pre-test and post-test for both test and control groups were used. Data were analyzed using analysis of covariance. Data analysis software program (SPSS.21) was performed. Covariance analysis showed significant differences between the two groups. Results showed that quality of life therapy is effective in increasing differentiation and resiliency of the school.

Perfectionism is a character of personality thatindicates striving to be perfect and having high standards for practice. it is a tendency to evaluate one'' s andothers behavior critically. Aim of this study was investigating theeffectiveness of Quality of Life Therapy on the perfectionism. This was a semi experimental research with pretest andposttest with control group. Thestatistical population was individuals referring 3 counseling centers (Industrial university counseling center، Bousatan counseling center &Alefbaye-zendegi counseling center) in autumn and winter of 2012. Researchsample included 32 individuals were selected through available sampling andallocated into two groups of experimental and control. The experimental groupwas trained 8 sessions of instruction for eight weeks in quality of lifetherapy. At the end، both groups received posttest. The measurement instrumentwas Hill perfectionism inventory with Kronbach''s alphaof coefficient 0/92. Datawere analyzed with Covariance and Mancova Analysis through SPSS-18. The results showed that there were significantdifferences between the scores of perfectionism in experimental and controlgroups in posttest (P<0/01). It was also shown that، this interventionQuality of Life Therapy significantly reduces the subscales of perfectionismincluding: interpersonalsensitivity، striving for excellence، perceived parental pressure،organization، high standard for others، adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism. This study indicated the efficacy of Quality of LifeTherapy on perfectionism. So، institutions should include health andeducational develop and implement training programs to reduce maladaptiveperfectionism.