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Background: the quality of life is an important target variable in determining the impact of the illness on the life of patients with ulcerative colitis. The present study aimed to investigate the role of alexithymia, illness perception, and resilience in the quality of life of patients with ulcerative colitis
Materials and Methods: this study is descriptive and correlational. 58 patients [34 females, 24 males] who suffered from ulcerative colitis and had referred to gastrointestinal clinics of Isfahan from March to May 2016 were selected. They were examined by using available sampling methods. The data were collected by three methods: 1. Demographic forms concerning the subjects. 2. Clinical interview done by gastroenterologists based on the evidence of endoscopic, pathological, and colonoscopic findings. 3. Questionnaires that measured the variables alexithymia [Bagby, Taylor, and Parker, 1994], illness perception [Brad Benet, and his colleagues, 2006], resilience [Conner and Davidson, 2003], and quality of life [standardized by Gholamrezaei, and his colleagues]
Results: based on regression results, there is a relationship between illness perception and the quality of life of the patients with ulcerative colitis. In addition, the results of correlation have shown that there is a significant relationship between alexithymia, illness perception, and resilience with the quality of life of the patients [p<0.05]
Conclusion: it can be concluded that among the variables, illness perception is the most relevant to the quality of life
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This research aimed to determine the efficacy of emotion focused therapy on quality of life and sleep problems of IBS patients. In this research 52 IBS patients who met this diagnosis, according the Rome II criteria, were selected and assigned to two experimental and control groups with 26 IBS patients in each group. The emotion focused therapy according Greenberg's manual- was conducted in 8 weekly sessions in the clinic of gastroenterology in Isfahan. The questionnaires of quality of life and sleep problems were completed as the pretest, post-test and follow-up. Results of multivariate analysis of variance s shows that emotion focused therapy has been significant effect in reduction of post-test mean scores of quality of life, beginning of sleep and wake-up and follow-up mean scores of wake-up [p<0. 05]. Emotion focused therapy could be useful to improvement of psychological status of IBS patients, but It seems to needs to probing more emotional experiences for more persistent effects
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The purpose of this study, was to determine the efficacy of cognitive - behavioral group therapy in health - related quality of life, in irritable bowel syndrome [IBS] patients. 32 IBS patients who received this diagnosis, according to the Rome II criteria, were selected and assigned randomly to either the experimental or the control group with 16 IBS patients in each group. The experimental group received 8 weekly CBGT sessions in the department of gastroentology in a general Hospital in the central city. The Quality of Life Inventory [QOL] and Beck Depression Inventory [BDI] were used as the pretest, post-test and follow-up. The follow-up tests were conducted two months after the last intervention session. Results of Multivariate Analysis of Covariance [MANCOVA] showed that the mean scores of health - related quality of life and depression, in the experimental group, was significantly lower than the control group in post-test[P=0.004, P=0.023],but there wasn't significant difference in follow-up. Results also showed that the scores of health anxiety in experimental group was significantly lower than the control group in post-test [P=0.007] and follow - up [P=0.02]. CBGT could be an effective and selective psychotherapy to improve HRQOL and degree depression and health anxiety of IBS patients, but in this therapy, in addition to automatic thoughts, we should also consider to core beliefs and underlying assumptions to enhancement the efficacy of intervention