Effects of cognitive-behavioral interventions on quality of life in persons with HIV

Background: Person with Alzheimer Disease may present cognitive, social, communication, physical, and orientation impairments. Furthermore, individuals with Alzheimer Disease may exhibit challenging behavior, isolation, and passivity. Objectives: To emphasize the role of Assistive Technology-based interventions and Cognitive-Behavioral Programs to improve the independence, and the quality of life of patients with Alzheimer Disease. To assess the effects on teaching adaptive responding, and decreasing challenging behaviors. Method: A selective literature review was carried out considering Alzheimer, Assistive Technology, Cognitive-Behavioral Programs, Adaptive Responding, Challenging Behaviors, and Quality of life as keywords. Twenty-six studies were reviewed. Results: Empirical data demonstrated the effectiveness, and the suitability of the selected interventions, although few failures occurred. The participants involved significantly increased their adaptive responding during the intervention phases, and maintained their performance over the time. Conclusion: Assistive Technology-based rehabilitative programs and Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions may be helpful for promoting the independence and the quality of life of individuals with Alzheimer Disease.

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Sleep Management Promotes Healthy Lifestyle, Mental Health, QOL, and a Healthy Brain

Advances in Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering - Biomedical Engineering and Cognitive Neuroscience for Healthcare ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-2113-8.ch022 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 211-224 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hideki Tanaka ◽

Maki Furutani

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Physical Health ◽

Behavioral Interventions ◽

Healthy Lifestyle ◽

The Elderly ◽

Cognitive Behavioral ◽

Sleep Management ◽

Cognitive Behavioral Interventions ◽

Mental And Physical Health

This chapter is an overview of sleep, lifestyle, mental, and physical health, and the characteristics of insomnia among the elderly and students. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the effects of the sleep management with actual examples of public health from the community and schools. Sleep management that included short naps and exercise in the evening was effective in promoting sleep and mental health with elderly people. The interventions demonstrated that the proper awakening maintenance and keeping proper arousal level during the evening were effective in improving sleep quality. Furthermore, sleep management that included sleep education and cognitive-behavioral interventions improved sleep-related habits and the quality of sleep. In this study, a sleep educational program using minimal cognitive-behavioral modification techniques was developed. Mental and physical health were also improved along with improving sleep with the elderly and students. These results suggest that cognitive-behavioral interventions to improve the sleep practices are effective for mental health, the activity of daily living (ADL), and the quality of life (QOL)

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The case of Ms. B: An integration of relational factors, cognitive-behavioral interventions, and experiential techniques to facilitate change processes

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e616722012-002 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Saloomeh Nazari ◽

George Stricker

Keyword(s):

Behavioral Interventions ◽

Cognitive Behavioral ◽

Change Processes ◽

Relational Factors ◽

Cognitive Behavioral Interventions ◽

Experiential Techniques

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Impact of cognitive-behavioral interventions on weight loss and psychological outcomes: A meta-analysis.

Health Psychology ◽

10.1037/hea0000576 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 37 (5) ◽

pp. 417-432 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Ariane Jacob ◽

Gregory Moullec ◽

Kim L. Lavoie ◽

Catherine Laurin ◽

Tovah Cowan ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Weight Loss ◽

Behavioral Interventions ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Psychological Outcomes ◽

Cognitive Behavioral ◽

Cognitive Behavioral Interventions

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The Effectiveness of Cognitive – Behavioral Group Therapy on the Quality of Life Improvement among Addict Females

Iranian Evolutionary Educational Psychology Journal ◽

10.21859/ieepj-01015 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 33-39 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eghbal Zarei

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Group Therapy ◽

Cognitive Behavioral ◽

Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy ◽

Behavioral Group ◽

Life Improvement

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Adherence to Therapy, Physical and Mental Quality of Life in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Journal of Personalized Medicine ◽

10.3390/jpm11070672 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (7) ◽

pp. 672

Author(s):

Alessandra Buja ◽

Guendalina Graffigna ◽

Simona F. Mafrici ◽

Tatjana Baldovin ◽

Carlo Pinato ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Multiple Sclerosis ◽

Behavioral Interventions ◽

Positive Association ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Health Index ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Adherence To Therapy

Ensuring multiple sclerosis (MS) patients’ adherence to therapy is often challenging, but it is crucial to their survival and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The aim of the present study was to outline connections between adherence, physical and mental HRQoL, levels of psychological readiness to engage in a treatment, levels of social support, anthropometric, socio-demographic and clinical factors in patients suffering from MS. This cross-sectional study involved a sample of 237 Italian MS patients. A survey was conducted with a structured self-administered online questionnaire using validated measures of quality of life, adherence to therapy and anthropometric, socio-demographic, psychological and clinical variables. A path analysis was used to test the overall structure of the associations between the variables. The pathway indicates a positive association between mental health index and a stronger degree of engagement and being or having been in a long-term relationship. Physical health index was positively associated with age, having an occupation, and having a specific form of MS. Having had relapses in the previous year raised the odds of better adherence to therapy, while an increase in Body Mass Index (BMI) reduced them. Our findings could help in the management of MS patients, promoting behavioral interventions that take the psychological and socio-demographic peculiarities of each patient into account with a view to improving their adherence to therapy.

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