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Dr Manijeh Firoozi, Prof Mohammad Ali Besharat, Mrs Zeynab Souri,
Volume 9, Issue 1 (5-2018)
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Aim and Background: Differences in attachment styles have been linked to cognitive variables in patients with chronic pain, but mechanisms through which attachment styles might impact cognitive factors are unclear. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of predicting attachment styles on pain self-efficacy and acceptance in patients with chronic pain. Materials and Methods: In a descriptive-correlational study, convenience sampling was used to select 120 chronic pain patients from pain clinic of Akhtar hospital in Tehran, Iran during three months. The participants completed a demographic questionnaire, Adult Attachment Inventory, Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire and Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire. Data was analyzed using Pearson’s correlation and step by step regression models. Findings: The correlations between attachment styles & depending variables in this study were significant (P<0.01). Based on the results of regression analysis, secure and ambivalent attachment styles were able to predict pain self-efficacy and acceptance in patients with chronic pain. Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, it can be concluded that secure and ambivalent attachment styles can predict pain self-efficacy and acceptance. Considering these variables may be important in the processes of prevention, diagnosis and treatment reparation of attachment, as well as promoting mental health in patients with chronic pain.
Dr Manijeh Firoozi, Mrs Zahra Edalatmehr,
Volume 10, Issue 1 (5-2019)
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Aims and background: Back pain is one of the most common health problems. Dysfunctions and inability due to pain, make serious troubles for patient, the family and the society. If the treatments have not been effective, the damages would increase. The main goal of this study was to investigate effects of psychological factors on feedback to pain and its treatment in patients with chronic back pain. Materials and methods: In this descriptive study, 120 patients participated with chronic back pain who underwent the surgery. According to the criteria of the study, the participants has been referred from private specialized clinic in Dezful,. The Illness Attitude (IA) Scale, Revised NEO personality inventory (NEO PI-R), Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK-DV), and Death Anxiety Scale (DAS) applied for assessing the variables. Data were analyzed using SPSS-22 software by multiple regression analysis. Findings: Multiple regression coefficients showed that fear of death 11%, and Kinesiophobia 15% predict the response to pain and its treatment. Also, extroversion predicts 11%, openness 3%, and agreement ability 3% of response to treatment. Conclusions: Findings of the research showed that the feedback to treatment (such as frequency to refer different practitioners) and pain would increas when the patient with chronic pain tends to accept, and the treatments are less effective when the patient experiences avoidable behaviors.
Dr Manijeh Firoozi, Mr Ali Ziya Towhidi, Dr Golam Reza Jandaghi,
Volume 10, Issue 3 (9-2019)
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Aims and background: Chronic pain is a pervasive, destructive and expensive problem with a biopsychosocial nature. Psychological interventions suggested to be an effective choice for chronic pain, and many trials confirmed its effectiveness and several meta-analyses have estimated the amount of its effect. Considering the psychological and social aspects of pain, it’s possible that the Iranian population respond differently to these interventions. Our goal is to evaluate the effectiveness of psychological interventions on pain intensity in Iranian adults with chronic pain by meta-analyzing domestic trials conducted. Materials and methods: We searched IranDoc, Element, and PubMed for eligible studies. Risk of bias assessed for each trial according to Cochrane collaboration guidelines. Total effect size estimated and possible moderators investigated. Findings: We found large effect sizes in both post treatment and follow up (d>0.80), but with significant heterogeneity among studies. Additional analyses suggested that researchers’ education levels have the most predictive effect with MA researchers reporting larger effect sizes than Ph.D. researchers. Conclusions: We speculate that the true effect size of psychological interventions is probably lower than what we estimated here and partly these results are functions of methodological errors or of biases. Considering the high number of researches in Iran it seems that few modifications could result in big progress in our literature. Some suggestions made for improving research protocols as well as analyses and reports.
Dr Manijeh Firoozi,
Volume 10, Issue 4 (1-2020)
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Background and Aim: Patients use various consciousness and unconsciousness mechanisms to deal with pain. the relationship between mature, immature and neurotic defense mechanism with adaptive and non-adaptive emotion regulation strategies was investigated.
Materials and Methods: In this correlative study, 200 patients with chronic pain participants in this study from Akhtar and Labafi Nejad hospitals. Participants completed the Defensive Styles Questionnaire (DSQ) and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation strategies- Short Form Questionnaire (CERQ-Short). A stepwise regression was used to analyze of findings.
Results: Regression analysis showed a significant positive correlation between immature and neurotic defense mechanism with non-adaptive emotion regulation strategies and there is a significant negative correlation with adaptive strategies of cognitive-emotional regulation. In addition, there is no significant relationship between mature defense mechanisms with adaptive and non-adaptive cognitive-emotional regulation strategies.
Conclusion: Using immature and neurotic defense mechanism in patients with chronic pain, predicting less adaptive strategies and more non-adaptive emotional regulation strategies. Therefore, in order to motive patients to apply adaptive strategies for pain management, it is necessary to overcome unconscious processes.
Manijeh Firoozi, Azar Haghdoost,
Volume 11, Issue 3 (8-2020)
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Aims and background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of cognitive-behavioral
psychotherapy and positive effect of internet-based thinking in telegram context on improving quality of life in
four areas: physical, mental, social and environmental, as well as reducing depression in patients with chronic
pain.
Methods and Materials: This study was performed on 60 patients with migraine headache who were referred
to Akhtar Hospital. Based on the criteria of the study, volunteers were selected and randomly assigned to two
groups. Two instruments of life satisfaction scale (DDI) and a revised Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) were
used to measure it. The results were analyzed by SPSS software.
Results: The findings indicated that the main hypothesis of cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy in students had
a 0.8 effect on their quality of life and 0.8 on their depression.
Conclusion: Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy has a significant positive effect on improvement of quality of
life and reduction of depression in chronic pain patients. This method is very suitable for patients with limited
access.
