scholarly journals The Use of Virtual Therapy in Cardiac Rehabilitation of Female Patients with Heart Disease

Medicina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (8) ◽  
pp. 768
Author(s):  
Sandra Jóźwik ◽  
Błażej Cieślik ◽  
Robert Gajda ◽  
Joanna Szczepańska-Gieracha
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Rehabilitation ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Autogenic Training ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Proven Efficacy ◽  
And Control ◽  
Virtual Therapy ◽  
Reducing Stress ◽  
Experimental Group

Background and Objectives: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has become increasingly prevalent in women, and it is also in this group that the risk of developing depression is the highest. The most commonly applied therapeutic intervention in cardiac rehabilitation is Schultz’s autogenic training, which has proven to be of little efficacy in reducing depression and anxiety disorders. At the same time, a growing number of scientific reports have been looking at the use of virtual reality (VR) to treat mental health problems. This study aimed at assessing the efficacy of virtual therapy in reducing levels of depression, anxiety, and stress in female CVD patients. Materials and Methods: The study included 43 women who were randomly divided into two groups: experimental group (N = 17), where eight-week cardiac rehabilitation was enhanced with VR-based therapeutic sessions, and control group (N = 26), where the VR therapy was replaced with Schultz’s autogenic training. Mental state parameters were measured using the Perception of Stress Questionnaire and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Results: In the experimental group, the sole parameter which failed to improve was HADS-Anxiety, which remained at the baseline level. In the control group, there was a deterioration in nearly all tested parameters except for HADS-Depression. Statistically significant differences in the efficacy of rehabilitation were recorded in relation to the level of stress in the sub-scales: emotional tension (p = 0.005), external stress (p = 0.012), intrapsychic stress (p = 0.023) and the generalized stress scale (p = 0.004). Conclusions: VR therapy is an efficient and interesting complement to cardiac rehabilitation, with proven efficacy in reducing stress levels.

scholarly journals The Application and Research of Humanistic Care in Operation Room

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanjie Han
Keyword(s):  
Depression Scale ◽  
Nursing Intervention ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Good Doctor ◽  
Operation Room ◽  
Self Rating ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Made In

Objective — To conduct studies on the application effect of humanistic care in the operation room. Methods — A total of 90 patients who received surgical treatment in our hospital from January 2021 to May 2021 were selected and divided into experimental group and control group based on the order of admission, with 45 patients in each group. The patients in the control group were treated with routine surgical nursing, and the patients in the experimental group were treated with humanistic care on the basis of routine surgical nursing. Comparison was made in the application effect of the two groups. Results — The scores of Self-Rating Depression Scale and Self-Rating Anxiety Scale in two groups demonstrated significant decreasing. The scores of the Self-Rating Depression Scale and Self-Rating Anxiety Scale were significantly reduced in the two groups after psychological nursing intervention. Conclusions — Effective humanistic care can not only contributes to the relief of anxiety or depression and other unhealthy emotions of patients, but also serves as an important way to maintain a good doctor-patient relationship. Humanistic care has certain application value in clinical applications.

scholarly journals The Psychological Effect of Forming WeChat Groups Between Medical Staff and Patients With COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Ping Yuan ◽  
Zheng-Hao Yu ◽  
Xian-Cui Zhang ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Ling-Li Jin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Medical Staff ◽  
Psychological Intervention ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Basic Unit ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

Background: This study was conducted in order to explore the effect of psychological intervention based on the use of WeChat with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients.Methods: A total of 65 patients with COVID-19, from two wards, were divided into an experimental group and a control group with the ward as the basic unit. Communication concerning routine treatment and nursing was established between the medical staff and patients in the experimental group via WeChat groups. Within 48 h of admission, at 7 days, and on discharge, all 65 patients completed two self-evaluation questionnaires: the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Hospital stay statistics and a satisfaction survey on discharge were also collated for both groups of patients.Results: The PANAS scores of the experimental group were 26.61 ± 7.99 points on admission, 20.81 ± 5.48 points at 7 days, and 19.58 ± 6.61 points on discharge (P < 0.05). The scores of HADS in the experimental group were 27.74 ± 9.35 points on admission, 12.19 ± 1.92 points at 7 days, and 11.71 ± 3.64 points on discharge (P < 0.05). The differences in the PANS and HADS scores between the experimental and control groups at 7 days and on discharge were statistically significant. The discharge satisfaction ratings of the two groups of patients were 99.87 ± 0.34 and 98.68 ± 1.09 points, the difference being statistically significant (t = 5.827, P < 0.05).Conclusion: Establishing WeChat groups between medical staff and patients with COVID-19 and building a bridge for better communication improved patients' positive mentality and their compliance with doctors, shortened their hospital stay, and promoted their recovery.

scholarly journals Effects of Acupressure on Fatigue and Depression in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Treated with Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization: A Quasi-Experimental Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su-Chen Lan ◽  
Yueh-E Lin ◽  
Shu-Ching Chen ◽  
Yu-Fang Lin ◽  
Yu-Jen Wang
Keyword(s):  
Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization ◽  
Discharge Planning ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Improve Fatigue ◽  
Arterial Chemoembolization

This study was to examine the effects of acupressure on fatigue and depression in HCC patients undergoing TACE. A quasiexperimental study design was used. Patients were evaluated at five time points: before treatment (T1) and 2, 3, 4, and 5 days after treating TACE (T2, T3, T4, and T5). Fatigue and depression were assessed by a VAS fatigue scale and a VAS depression scale at each time point. TFRS and BDI were administered at T1 and T5. Patients’ fatigue and depression were significantly higher at T5 than at T1 in two groups. Fatigue and depression increased in both the experimental and control groups’ patients over the five days of hospitalization during which TACE and chemotherapy were administered. The experimental group had significantly less fatigue than the control group, with lower subscale scores on physical, psychosocial, daily, and overall fatigue. There were no differences between the groups on depression. At posttest, the experimental group experienced lower physical, psychosocial, daily, and overall fatigue than the control group. Acupressure can improve fatigue in HCC patients during treatment with TACE but did not alleviate depression. Discharge planning should include home care for management of fatigue and depression.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Transdiagnostic Group therapy on Anxiety, Depression and Perfectionism for Mothers of Children with Cerebral palsy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyedeh Sara Mousavi ◽  
Abolfazl Mohammadi ◽  
Mehdi Soleimani
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Group Therapy ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Children With Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Control ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Therapy Protocol

AbstractObjective: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of group therapy protocol transdiagnostic on Anxiety, Depression and Perfectionism were mothers of children with cerebral palsy. Methods: Using purposive sampling, 30 mothers of children with cerebral palsy who meet the criteria for entering the sample were selected and randomly divided into two groups of 15 experimental and control. Quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest control group. To collect data and Anxiety Depression Scale (DASS-42; Lvvyband and Lvvyband, 1995) and Ahvaz Perfectionism (APS; Najarian, protecting and Smith, 1378) was used. Experimental group received eight 90-minute sessions once a week, under therapy were transdiagnostic. Results: The results of covariance analysis and independent t-test showed that the therapy resulted in a reduction of symptoms of anxiety, depression and perfectionism are mothers of children with cerebral palsy. Conclusions: The effectiveness of group therapy transdiagnostic on anxiety, depression and perfectionism mothers of children with cerebral palsy was approved. Given the importance of the mother's mental health and its impact on children can help create the conditions can be achieved.

Examination of the Effects of Autogenic Training on the Reaction Time Performance of the National Badminton Athletes

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 3181-3184
Author(s):  
Dondu Ugurlu ◽  
Ismail Ilbak ◽  
Mehmet Akarsu
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Reaction Times ◽  
Autogenic Training ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Auditory Reaction Time ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Right ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

Background: Although there is a consensus among researchers that autogenic training has positive effects on the psychological state of athletes, there have not been enough studies on its effects on physical performance yet. Therefore, the effects of autogenic training on physical performance is an important question that remains to be clarified. The fact that there is no research examining the effects of autogenic training on reaction time performance constitutes the original value of the study. Aim: The aim of the study is to examine the effects of autogenic training applied during 8 weeks on the visual and auditory reaction time performances of national badminton athletes. Methods: 15 male (experimental group=8 and control group=7) national badminton player between the ages of 18-23 residing in the province of Malatya participated in the study voluntarily. In addition to the training program, autogenic training was applied to the experimental group for 8 weeks, 3 days a week, after warming up. The control group continued their regular training. In order to determine the effects of the training, the pre-test and post-test was applied to the participants. SPSS 23 Package Program was used for the analysis of the data. The data were evaluated with the Mann-Whitney U test, one of the Non-Parametric tests. The significance level was taken as p<.05. Results: The mean age of the experimental group (N=8) was 19.88±1.81, the mean height was 173.75±4.10, and the mean body weight was 68.13±5.52. The mean age of the control group (N=7) was 19.72±1.80, the mean height was 175.72±7.87, and the mean body weight was 67.58±6.61.It was observed that there was no statistically significant difference between the right and left hand visual reaction times and the right and left hand auditory reaction times of the experimental and control groups (p>.05). Conclusion: As a result, autogenic training does not have a statistically significant effect on the visual and auditory reaction time of national badminton athletes. Keywords: Autogenic training, badminton, reaction time

The Effect of Applying POSSE (Predict- Organize-Search-Summarize-Evaluate) on the Students’ Reading Comprehension

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eka Rejeki Maha ◽  
Berlin Sibarani
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Multiple Choice Test ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

This study was aimed at finding out The Effect of Applying POSSE (Predict-Organize-Search-Summarize-Evaluate) Strategy on the Students’ Reading Comprehension. This study used the experimental design. The population of this study was the students of SMA Negeri 2 Medan. There were sixty students taken as the sample of the research. This study was conducted with two randomized groups namely experimental and control group. The experimental group was taught by applying POSSE strategy while control group was taught without applying POSSE strategy. The instrument of collecting the data was multiple choice test which consists of 40 items. To obtain the reliability of the test, the researcher used Kuder-Richardson (KR-21). The calculation shows the reliability was 0.81(high). The data were analyzed by using t-test. The calculation shows that t-observed (4.76) is higher than t-table (2.00) at the level of significance (α) 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 58. Therefore, the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected and alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. It means that there was a significant effect of applying POSSE strategy on the students’ reading comprehension. Keywords: POSSE Strategy, Reading Comprehension.

The Effect of Applying Learning Together Method on the Students’ Reading Comprehension

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haryato Siregar ◽  
Elia Masa Ginting
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Multiple Choice Test ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Learning Together

This study was aimed at finding out the effect of applying Learning Together Method on the students’ reading comprehension. This study used the experimental design. The population of this study was the students of SMP Negeri 1 Muara. There were sixty students of eighth class as the sample of the research. This study was conducted with two randomized groups namely experimental and control group. The experimental group was taught by applying Learning Together Method while control group was taught without applying Learning Together Method. The instrument of collecting the data was multiple choice test which consists of 20 items. To obtain the reliability of the test, the researcher used Kuder-Richardson (KR-21) formula. The calculation shows the reliability was 0.82(high). The data were analyzed by using t-test. The calculation shows that t-observed (4.9) is higher than t-table (2.00) at the level of significance (α) 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 58. Therefore, the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected and alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. It means that teaching reading comprehension by applying Learning Together Method significantly affect reading comprehension. Keywords: Learning Together Method, Reading Comprehension

THE EFFECT OF APPLYING ANIMAL CARTOON PICTURES ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasanul Arifin Zul And Masitowarni Siregar
Keyword(s):  
T Test ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
Control Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
Writing Achievement ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Written Test ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

This thesis is focused on the investigation of the effect of applying animal cartoon pictures on students’ achievement in writing narrative text. This study aims to find whether applying animal cartoon pictures significantly affect the students’ writing achievement or not. The data in this study were obtained by administering a written test. The population was the 2015/2016 first year (grade XI) of SMA Swasta Nusantara Lubuk Pakam and 66 students were taken as the sample by using random sampling. The sample was divided into two groups, experimental and control groups. The experimental group was taught by applying animal cartoon pictures while the control group without animal cartoon pictures (x = lecturing). The data were taken the scores from the pre-test and post-test to both experimental and control groups. These data were analyzed by using t-test. The result of computing the t-test obviously showed that t-observed is higher than t-table (5.21 >1,67) with the degree of freedom 64 (df =N-2) at the level significance 0,05 one tail test. It showed that the application of animal cartoon pictures significantly affected the students of SMA Swasta Nusantara Lubuk Pakam achievement in writing narrative text.

THE EFFECT OF PEER REVIEW STRATEGY ON THE STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Agus Murniasih And I Wayan Dirgeyasa
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
And Control ◽  
Essay Test ◽  
Experimental Group

This study was conducted to know the effect of applying Peer Review Strategy on the students’ achievement in writing descriptive paragraph. It was conducted by using experimental research method. This research design was conducted pre-test, post test in experimental and control group. The population of this research was the eight (VIII) grade students of SMP IT IQRA’ Medan. The sample of this research was taken by lottery technique. They were in class VIII-1 by experimental group and the class VIII-2 by control group. The experimental group was taught by using Peer Review Strategy while the control group was given no treatment. The instrument used to collect the data was writing essay test. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The result showed that the value of t-observed was higher than the value of t-table. (3,55 > 2,05 (a = 0.05)) with the degree of freedom (df) = 28. It means that there was a significant effect of applying Peer Review Strategy on the students’ achievement in writing descriptive paragraph. So, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted.

THE EFFECT OF APPLYING DEMONSTRATION METHOD ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN SPEAKING SKILL AT THE THIRD GRADE OF SMK PAB 3 MEDAN ESTATE

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meryanti Napitupulu And Anni Holila Pulungan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Speaking Test ◽  
The Third ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

This study was conducted as an attempt to discover the effect of applying Demonstration Method on students’ achievement in speaking skill. It was an experimental research. The subject was students of Grade XII, Vocational High School (Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan: SMK), which consisted of 79 students. The research was divided into two groups: experimental and control groups. The instrument used to collect the data was speaking test. To obtain the reliability of the test, the writer applied Kuder Richardson 21 formula. The result of the reliability was 0.7, and it was found that the test was reliable. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The analysis showed that the scores of the students in the experimental group were significantly higher than the scores of the students in the control group at the level of significant m = 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 77, t-observed value 8.9 > t-table value 1.99. The findings indicate that using Demonstration Method significantly affected the students’ achievement in speaking skill. So, English teachers are suggested to use Demonstration Method in order to improve students’ achievement in speaking skill.

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