Journal of Health Psychology
December 21, 2024
Nima Javadzade, Victoria Omranifard, Fatemeh Zargar et al.
4 citations
The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program on depression and physical problems in depressed elderly individuals. This randomized controlled trial was conducted on two groups of 30 depressed elderly individuals over 60 years old using purposive sampling. The GDS and the PE-PSI questionnaires were administered to both groups...
BMC Public Health
January 23, 2024
Nima Javadzade, Sayed Vahid Esmaeili, Victoria Omranifard et al.
37 citations
Entering old age is associated with various physical and psychological disabilities. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine the effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction program on emotion regulation and sleep problems in depressed elderly. This study was a clinical trial conducted on 60 elderly individuals with depression using purposive sampling. These elderly were referred by...
April 1, 2023
Shokooh Shahidi, Fatemeh Zargar, Hassan Aghaee Khajelangi et al.
8 citations
Background: Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is a widespread disease all over the world that has caused many psychological complications such as health anxiety (HA) and low quality of life (QOL). Mindfulness-based approaches could improve these complications. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of Internet-delivered mindfulness stress reduction combined with acceptance and...
Advanced Biomedical Research
March 29, 2021
Fatemeh Zargar, Leila Rahafrouz, Mohammad Javad Tarrahi
Background: Patients with somatic symptom disorder (SSD) had a poor quality of life and suffered from depression, anxiety, and stress. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a psychological treatment with remarkable effects on several psychological disorders. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the MBSR program on psychological symptoms, quality of life, and symptom severity in...
Journal of Caring Sciences
December 1, 2019
Bentolhoda Kolahkaj, Fatemeh Zargar, Nasrin Majdinasab
Introduction: Low quality of life is one of the most common symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) which can reduce satisfaction with life, as well as increase death ratio and neuro-mental problems. The present study aimed to determine the effect of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) therapy on the quality of life in women with Multiple sclerosis in the city of Ahvaz. Methods: Forty eight...
Addiction & health
October 1, 2018
Mehdi Yaghubi, Fatemeh Zargar
Background: Quality of life (QOL) is always considered as a final consequence of clinical trials, interventions, and health care. The results of studies indicate that addiction leads to lower QOL. However, studies have been conducted on the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions on improving QOL. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of mindfulness-based relapse...
February 26, 2017
S. Bahrani, Fatemeh Zargar, G. Yousefipour et al.
Background: Previousstudieshaveshowntheeffectivenessof cognitivebehaviortherapyinimprovementof psychologicalsymp-toms such as depression, anxiety, and stress. Recent studies suggest that mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) are effective in reducing these psychological symptoms in chronic diseases. The present study was the first study to examine the effects of mindfulness-integrated cognitive...
Journal of Education and Health Promotion
2017
Shokooh Shahidi, Hossein Akbari, Fatemeh Zargar
Test anxiety is one of the most disabling disorders and annual school academic performance will affect millions of students. Hence, it needs attention and treatment. Therefore, this research aimed to examine the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) therapy on emotion regulation and test anxiety of students and test the remaining effect of this treatment after 3 month....
Nursing and midwifery studies
December 2015
Bentolhoda Kolahkaj, Fatemeh Zargar
Studies suggest that mindfulness-based interventions can improve anxiety, depression and stress in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). However, no study investigated the effectiveness of this method in patients with a combination of problems such as depression, anxiety and stress simultaneously. However, comorbidities of depression and anxiety in MS are prevalent. This study aimed to assess...
Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
November 2015
Abdollah Omidi, Fatemeh Zargar
Programs for improving health status of patients with illness related to pain, such as headache, are often still in their infancy. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a new psychotherapy that appears to be effective in treating chronic pain and stress. This study evaluated efficacy of MBSR in treatment of perceived stress and mental health of client who has tension headache. This study...