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The aim of this study was to translate and evaluate the validity and reliability of the Nepean Dyspepsia Index [NDI], as a disease-specific quality of life scale in patients with functional dyspepsia
Materials and Methods: Forward-backward translation was done. 80 patients with dyspepsia from the outpatient department of Imam Reza Hospital were assessed. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 20 and face validity, content validity [CVR][pls spell out], construct validity [Spearman's rrho], and reliability [test-retest and Cronbach's Alpha] were evaluated
Results: CVR was between 0.80-1, which demonstrated good content validity. Test-retest reliability was good with correlation coefficient of 0.89 and intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.96. Internal consistency revealed alpha value of 0.93, which was well above the agreeable value of 0.70. These both indicate a good reliability. Spearman's correlation coefficient was 0.48. between all NDI items and subscales which indicates moderate to good construct validity.[it seems that this sentence is not complete because in this format it is meaningless]
Conclusion: This study demonstrates that the Persian translation of SF-NDI [pls spell out the highlighted part] is a valid and reliable instrument to measure health related quality of life [HRQoL] in Iranian patients with dyspepsia. It also shows that HRQoL is significantly higher in patients with high school diploma or higher educational levels
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Chronic liver disease comprises a wide range of diseases characterized by inflammation of the liver and progression of cirrhosis. This study aims to assess the relationship between behavioral disorders and quality of life in patients with liver cirrhosis. The available sampling method was used to divide participants into two groups of 100 patients and 100 healthy individuals, matched for age, sex and education. Patients with cirrhosis were recruited from a subspecialty clinic in Imam Reza [AS] Hospital in Mashhad. The control group consisted of healthy participants. Participants completed the Beck Depression Inventory, State Anxiety Inventory-Trait Spielberger, Toronto Alexithymia Questionnaire and SF-36 Quality of Life Questionnaire. Research data were analyzed by Pearson correlation and multiple regression analyses. There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of demographic variables. However significant differences existed between the variables of anxiety, depression and alexithymia. The patient group had higher depression levels compared to healthy controls. Multiple regression analysis showed that behavioral disorders, explain 30% of the variance in quality of life in patients with liver cirrhosis. These findings suggest that behavioral disorders are associated with quality of life in patients with liver cirrhosis. These results also have important implications in the field of psychopathology, prevention, and treatment of patients with cirrhosis of the liverand IV drug abuse, respectively. The prevalence of HIV coinfection amongst patients with hepatitis B or C infections was low. However, further studies with larger populations are required
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There is little information about the relationship of alexithymia and cognitive/behavioral coping strategies with psychological vulnerability. The recent studies indicate that alexithymia and coping strategies affect psychological vulnerability. The present study aims to determine the relationship of alexithymia and cognitive/behavioral coping strategies with psychological vulnerability of women with somatization disorder. The samples of this study included 120 patients with somatization disorder who were selected as convenience sampling among those who attended the psychology centers of Ardabil. Pain coping questionnaire, alexithymia questionnaire, and symptom questionnaire were used to collect the information. The research data were analyzed using the Pearson's correlation coefficient and multivariate regression analysis methods. The results indicated that there are significant correlations between alexithymia [r = 0.52], cognitive coping strategies [r = -0.27], behavioral coping strategies [r = -0.33] and psychological vulnerability of women with somatization disorder. The results of step-by-step multivariate regression analysis suggested that alexithymia and cognitive/ behavioral coping strategies clarifies 37 percent of the variance of psychological vulnerability of women with somatization disorder. These findings indicate that cognitive/behavioral coping strategies and alexithymia are associated to psychological vulnerability of women with somatization disorder. In addition, these results have special application in prevention, pathology as well as psychotherapy of this disorder.
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The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy on the emotion regulation and emotion recognition of addicts with traumatic experience. This research is an experimental study with pre and post-test design and a control group. The subjects of this study were selected using random sampling method on drug addicts of Ardebil Addiction Treatment Camp who have successfully completed the detoxification period and they were evaluated in two different experimental [15 individuals] and control [15 individuals] groups. The experimental group was treated with EMDR therapy for 8 sessions [each one for 60 minutes] and the control group received no special treatment. All participants filled a questionnaire of Emotion Regulation and Emotion Recognition at the onset of the research and 2 months after termination of treatment. For the data analysis, SPSS-17 software and covariance analysis were used. The results of covariance analysis test indicated that the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy intervention increased the average of positive emotion regulation and emotion recognition scores in the post-test phase and significantly reduced the average of negative emotion regulation scores. These results suggest that the treatment of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is effective in improving regulation and recognition of emotions in addicts with traumatic experience.