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M Bagheri Nesami, E Mohammadi, R Sadeghi,
Volume 13, Issue 39 (6-2003)
Abstract
Background and purpose: Âmong rheumatic inflammatory diseases, rheumatoid arthritis has the highest rate of prevalence (1% in majority of the societies and as well as in Ïran). This is a chronic disease, followed by multiple- system involvement of unknown etiology. Major sing is inflammation of sinovial joints. Ïn addition to pain, inflammation, restriction and joints deformity the patients experience mental disorder, stress, anxiety and depression resulting from disease condition is associated with disease which provid defective cycle between mental and physical signs, as a result, the disease is activated by stress and nervous stimulants. Therefore control of the disease is difficult sometimes, hence, in this study, medication was followed along with benson relaxation in order to control the disease activity.
Materials and methods: This clinical trial study was performed in rheumatology research clinic of Ïmam khomeini hospital in Tehran during 2000-2001. Fifty patients were selected as non probable samples from the society under investigation, and on the basis of age and sex, randomly were divided in two case (26 patients) and Çontrol (26patients) groups. Patients of the case group individually were trained for benson relaxation with tape. This interferance was followed for 8 weeks. Ïn order to evalute benson relaxation effects, clinical symptoms, laboratory findings, anxiety, depression and feeling of well being before and after interferance were measured.
Results : Statistical tests showed no significant difference in variable of pre and post intervention in two groups. Mean variables of anxiety, depression and feeling of well being in two groups in post intervention were as follow: P=0.0001, P= 0.0001 and P=0.001 respectively which indicated significant difference. Most variable of clinical symptoms and laboratory findings showed decline in disease progress. But no significant statistical difference was observed.
Çonclusion: Hypothesis of this study emphasizing that, benson relaxation declines disease progress, was confirmed for anxiety, depression and feeling of well being. Referring to the other variables related to clinical symptoms and laboratory findings, and in order to obtain more accurate statistical results, study with more sample size and performing of interferance in more than 8 weeks period is necessary.
Ehteram Sadat Elali, Ali Mahdavi, Yadollah Jannati, Jamshid Yazdani, Javad Setareh, ,
Volume 22, Issue 91 (7-2012)
Abstract
Background and purpose: Hemodialysis patients undergo high levels of psychological stress.Therefore, the present study has been conducted to determine the effect of Benson relaxation on stress among in Hemodialysis patients.
Materials and methods: The present research is a two-group experimental controlled trial done in 2011, in which 40 Available Hemodialysis patients were selected from ImamKhomeini and Fatemeh Zahra Sari Educational hospital as the interventional group, and 40 Hemodialysis patients in the same hospital as the control group, and Benson relaxation training with video tape to intervention group and were performed by experimental group for 15 minute twice a day during one months, after primary training with video tape by the researcher. Data-collecting instruments included demographic information forms and a specific hemodialysis stress scale questionnaire (HSS-Baldree1982), which were evaluated before and one month after the intervention. Data were analyzed by SPSS18 statistical software using descriptive statistics, T test, Chi-square, co-variate analysis.
Results: Mean stress value in case group before intervention was 64.75 ± 18.173 and after intervention was 36.2 ± 9.471. Analysis between the mean stress values of the study participants showed significant difference before and after the intervention in the case group (P<0.001). While this difference was not significant in the control group.
Conclusion: Performing the low-costand simple Benson relaxation is accompanied by Improving living conditions of Hemodialysis patients, and a positive step can be taken toward Improvement and prevention of the patients' psychological problems as well as other chronic disorders through applying these practices.
Mohammad Beheshtian,
Volume 25, Issue 128 (9-2015)
Abstract
Background and purpose: The aim of this research was to compare the efficacy of relaxation, and relaxation combined by periodic visual stimulation and periodic audio stimulation on blood pressure and heart rate of university students.
Materials and methods: This experimental study was conducted in 36 psychology students in Allameh Tabatabaee University. The students were randomly selected and divided into three groups (n=12 per group). For all groups five sessions were held for 15 minutes. In group I progressive relaxation was performed combined by periodic visual stimulation. Group II had progressive relaxation combined by periodic audio stimulation. But group III had only progressive relaxation. The subjects’ blood pressure and heart rate were measured in three groups. Data was analyzed by covariance analysis and LSD in SPSS V.15.
Results: The results showed that relaxation combined by periodic audio and visual stimulation was more effective than relaxation alone by lowering the participants’ blood pressure level and heart rate.
Conclusion: According to this research, Audio And video stimulation improve effectiveness of relaxation method.
Zahra Abolfazli, Ali Asghar Jesmi, Neda Mahdavifar, Roghayeh Javan, Samaneh Alinejad Mofrad, Ali Taj,
Volume 34, Issue 233 (5-2024)
Abstract
Background and purpose: One of the main complications of diabetes is psychological problems, such as reduced stamina and psychological well-being. The use of muscle relaxation is a simple, safe, and non-pharmacological method. Therefore, the present study was designed to investigate the effect of Jacobson's muscle relaxation technique on psychological well-being and resilience in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Materials and methods: The current study is a two-group randomized clinical trial with a pre-test and post-test design conducted on 40 patients with type 2 diabetes at the Khayyam Diabetes Clinic in 2021. Eligibility criteria included minimum literacy, acceptable hearing, and speaking ability, age between 25 and 65 years, no history of relaxation training, type 2 diabetes for at least 6 months, no smoking and no alcohol, ability to use a computer, poor psychological well-being and resilience (psychological well-being score equal to or less than 63, resilience score equal to or less than 50), and no definite psychiatric disorders. Exclusion criteria included: special medical conditions (such as hospitalization or medical inability to continue treatment), withdrawal from the research, death, unwillingness to cooperate, incomplete completion of questionnaires by members, and failure to perform sedation for more than 4 sessions. The samples were selected using the available methods and then randomly allocated with permutation blocks to two intervention and two control groups. The relaxation technique was then practiced at home by the intervention group once a day for 8 weeks. Rif's psychological well-being questionnaire and Connor's resilience questionnaire were completed by the intervention and control groups at the beginning and end of the intervention. Data were analyzed using the Shapiro-Wilk test for normality, Fisher's exact test, chi-square, and analysis of covariance using SPSS 25 software.
Results: The results of the research showed that the two groups were homogeneous in terms of gender, marriage, age, education, history of chronic diseases, history of neuro medications, insulin history, exercise history, peer history, dietary compliance, income, and occupation and there was a statistically significant difference. There was no difference in these variables between the two groups (P>0.05). The results of the covariance test show that the means of the experimental and control groups are the same in terms of patient resilience (P=0.49, eta=0.02). Therefore, it can be concluded that there is no significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of patient endurance, controlling for the effect of pre-test means. Also, the means of the experimental and control groups differ in psychological well-being (P=0.00, eta=0.44). Therefore, It can be concluded that there were statistically significant differences between the groups. More specifically, there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of psychological well-being, controlling for the effect of pre-test means.
Conclusion: Results of the study showed that muscle relaxation training was an effective, practical, and inexpensive method of improving and preventing psychological problems in people with diabetes in the intervention group compared with the control group.
(Clinical Trials Registry Number: IRCT20220110053682N1)