Positive psychological intervention for anxiety, depression and coping in subjects addicted to online games

Abstract Aims To evaluate the efficacy and mechanism of positive psychological intervention (PPI) on the psychological capital, psychological distress, and life satisfaction among colostomy patients. Methods Patients (n=120) with permanent stomas were recruited and randomly assigned into two groups. Patients in the experimental group (n=60) received standard care and PPI, whereas patients in the control group (n=60) only received standard care. The psychological capital, psychological distress, and life satisfaction were measured and compared between two groups before the intervention, the immediate post-intervention, and follow-up. Results All 120 patients completed the study. The hope, optimism, resilience, psychological distress, and life satisfaction score of the experimental group were significantly higher than those of the control group at T1 and T2 (P<0.05). Self-efficacy score of the experimental group had no significant difference at the two-time points after the intervention than the control group (P>0.05). Changes in hope and resilience which belong to psychological capital mediated the intervention’s efficacy on changes in PPI on life satisfaction (β = 0.265, P=0.005; β = 0.686, P=0.002). Conclusions PPI could effectively improve psychological capital, psychological distress, and life satisfaction among patients with stomas. Besides, our findings add novel support that increased hope and resilience are the active ingredients that promote intervention change.

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The Impact of Psychological Interventions on the Quality of Life of Diabetes Mellitus Patient

Romanian Journal of Diabetes Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases ◽

10.2478/rjdnmd-2014-0037 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 301-311

Author(s):

Dana Sonia Oieru ◽

Amorin Remus Popa ◽

Ionuţ Vlad

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Psychological Intervention ◽

Coping Styles ◽

Diabetes Mellitus Patient ◽

Psychological Interventions ◽

Etiologic Agents ◽

Before And After ◽

Somatic Diseases ◽

And Coping ◽

The Impact

AbstractBackground and aims: The theory regarding the psychological factors as etiologic agents that trigger the somatic diseases has gained more and more ground in the past few years, successfully repeating that the human being is a bio-psycho-social entity. In order to render the psychological interventions more efficient in the management of the psychosomatic diseases, this research aims to detect and modify, even treat throught psychological interventions those configurations of the early maladaptive schemes and coping styles that stick form together in the so-called acquired vulnerability which makes the person liable to an inappropriate reaction against stress, and also to track the effects of these changes on somatic indicators of diabetes mellitus. Material and methods: Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and paired T-test were used for analysing subjects` responses at three psychological instruments, evolution of blood pressure, body mass index, drug units, hospitalisation days, medical leave days, depressive symptoms before and after 10-12 psychological interventions sessions. Results: Results draw the attention once again upon the multiple directions of intervention and especially of prevention in case of the psychosomatic disease, in particular diabetes mellitus. Conclusions: Psychological intervention in the early stages of diabetes is a major contributor to the management of this disease.

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Exploring the clinical usefulness of an electronic diary in fibromyalgia patients: A pilot study

Revista de Psicopatología y Psicología Clínica ◽

10.5944/rppc.28630 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 181-190

Author(s):

M. Pilar Martínez ◽

Raquel García ◽

Ana I. Sánchez ◽

Germán Prados ◽

Kawtar Benghazi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sleep Latency ◽

Psychological Intervention ◽

Clinical Manifestations ◽

Time Of Day ◽

Intervention Programs ◽

Electronic Diary ◽

Sleep Difficulty ◽

Self Reports ◽

Pencil And Paper ◽

And Coping

This study examines the usefulness of an electronic diary (ED) in the monitoring of clinical manifestations of fibromyalgia (FM), compared to traditional pencil-and-paper self-reports. Fourteen women with FM completed an interview, several questionnaires, and an ED for a week (several times a day) recording pain, fatigue, sleep, difficulty in thinking, emotional distress, difficulty in daily functioning, and coping with the disease, and stress. There were no differences in the symptoms throughout the moments of the day, observing a sleep latency of 45.36 minutes and sleep duration of 6.25 hours. Significant correlations were found between ED measures depending on the time of day, and between ED measures and questionnaires. The ED showed to be useful for the evaluation of FM symptomatology, and can be a key component in psychological intervention programs.

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