scholarly journals IMPACT OF ESSENTIAL OIL OF HISSORUS OFFICINALIS ON THE PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL STATE AND MENTAL CAPACITY OF THE ELDERLY

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (73) (2) ◽  
pp. 167-178
Author(s):  
V. V. Tonkovtseva ◽  
A. M. Yarosh ◽  
I. A. Batura ◽  
E.-E. Nagovskaya ◽  
E. S. Koval ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oil ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Hospital Anxiety ◽  
Mental Performance ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Audio Recording ◽  
Psychoemotional State

The objective of the research was to study the effect of common hyssop essential oil on the psychoemotional state and mental performance of elderly and senile people. Materials and methods. The study included 280 women aged 60–85 years. During the study, the subjects were in darkened rooms at rest in groups of 10–20 people. For participants in the control groups we played a psychorelaxation audio recording lasting 10, 20 or 30 minutes. For the experimental groups we sprayed common hyssop essential oil in a concentration of 1 mg/m3 for 10, 20 or 30 minutes in the room and simultaneously played a psychorelaxation audio recording. The state of the subjects before and after the procedures in the control and experimental groups was assessed using Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Dembo-Rubinstein self-assessment test in our modification, correction task, and the word recognition test with missing letters. The obtained data were statistically processed using the Student’s t-test for dependent and unconjugated samples. The component composition of essential oil was determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry using a hardware and software complex based on a chromatograph «Chromatek-Crystal 5000.2» equipped with a mass spectrometric detector. Results. It is shown that respiratory effects of essential oil of common hyssop (exposure 10, 20 or 30 minutes) when its concentration in air 1 mg/m3 causes a significant improvement in the emotional state of the elderly (based on Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the Dembo-Rubinstein self-assessment test in our modification). In the pair «anxiety-depression» it has a more pronounced positive effect on anxiety – a statistically significant decrease in the level at all durations of the aroma effect. According to the indicator of depression, a statistically significant decrease was observed only with a 20-minute aroma effect. At the same time, in the state self-assessment test, the subjects positively assessed the change in their state in all indicators of psychoemotional state and tone for all duration of the aroma session, which allows us to talk about hyssop essential oil as a euphoric factor, possibly with a certain decrease in the criticality of perception. Considering the more objective nature of the assessment on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and the presence in the self-assessment test of parameters that respond to depression, we can say that common hyssop essential oil is a euphoric factor that reduces the criticality, objectivity of the subjects’ self-assessment of their condition. There was no significant effect of common hyssop essential oil on mental performance in both complex (recognition of words with missing letters) and simple work (correction task).

scholarly journals Mental health and quality of life in patients with ulcerative colitis

2021 ◽  
pp. 42-46
Author(s):  
V. E. Bandel ◽  
E. I. Mikhailova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Ulcerative Colitis ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Hospital Anxiety ◽  
Bowel Diseases ◽  
Inflammatory Bowel

Objective. To study the quality of life (QoL) and psycho-emotional state in patients with different degrees of ulcerative colitis (UC) activity.Materials and methods. The study involved 52 patients with UC and 52 healthy volunteers (HVs). The survey was performed using the questionnaire IBDQ, assessing the quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and the questionnaire by A.M. Vein.Results. The patients with UC in comparison with the HVs have a lower QoL in the overall score (p < 0.05), a greater severity of psychological problems both according to the anxiety scale (p < 0.05) and to the depression scale (p < 0.05).), and they tend to develop the autonomic dysfunction syndrome more often (p < 0.05).Conclusion. The method of the QoL assessment and psycho-emotional state in patients with UC provides accurate scientifc information about the physical, psychological, emotional and social status of the patients.

scholarly journals The Gameover in Universities Education Management during the Pandemic COVID-19: Challenges to Sustainable Development in a Digitalized Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7398
Author(s):  
Igor Denisov ◽  
Yelena Petrenko ◽  
Irina Koretskaya ◽  
Stanislav Benčič
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Hospital Anxiety ◽  
Education Management ◽  
Distance Learning Environment ◽  
Time Planning ◽  
Research Show

The COVID-19 pandemic, which began in February 2020, has radically changed the processes related to higher education. The main purpose of our study is to help scholar communities distinguish between educational approaches that seek to sustain the “unsustainable” and to identify the problems of lecturer–student interaction in the midst of the mass transition to distance learning and to find ways to solve them. The results of our research show that the transition to distance education during the pandemic took place; however, it highlighted a whole complex of problems connected with deterioration of emotional state and reduction of incentives to study. That might challenge the existing status quo, a revision of the principles of “Humboldt universities” and the birth of new forms of education. The study consists of three parts that allow analyzing the lecturer–student relations, as well as the management of the learning process. The first part analyzes the characteristics and attitudes towards distance education in different countries. The second part presents the results of students’ emotional state in two countries with different population restriction regimes. The third part is devoted to the study of students’ time planning in the distance-learning environment. We used the following methods to achieve the goals of the study: a questionnaire survey of students and lecturers, HADS (The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), and self-timing method. The thesis about the “gameover” in universities education management is open for discussion by the scientific community.

scholarly journals PECULIARITIES OF THE PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL STATE OF PREGNANT WOMEN WITH DRUG ADDICTION

2020 ◽  
pp. 16-20
Author(s):  
Ірина Володимирівна Малишева
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Drug Addiction ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Main Group ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Hospital Anxiety ◽  
Low Level

Introduction. The article considers the features of the psycho-emotional state of pregnant women with drug addiction.Aim. To study the features of the psycho-emotional state of pregnant women with drug addiction using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale HADS and SWLS Life Satisfaction Scales.Materials and methods. The study included 156 pregnant women, including 96 women with drug addiction (main group). The control group included 60 pregnant women.Results. A higher frequency of subclinically expressed anxiety and depression in pregnant women with drug addiction 62.5% (60 women) compared with women of the control group 8.3% (5 women). Life satisfaction in women the main group was at a low level, namely almost dissatisfied with life 40.6% (39 women) or dissatisfied with life 50% (48 women).Conclusions. The study showed the presence of psycho-emotional changes areas in the form of increased anxiety and depression, as well as decreased levels life satisfaction in pregnant women with drug addiction.

scholarly journals Impact of winter savory essential oil on the psycho-emotional state and mental performance of the elderly

2020 ◽  
pp. 136-146
Author(s):  
A. M. Yarosh ◽  
V. V. Tonkovtseva ◽  
F. M. Melikov ◽  
T. V. Platonova ◽  
T. R. Bekmambetov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oil ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Mental Performance

scholarly journals Impact of summer savory essential oil on the psycho-emotional state and mental performance of the elderly

2020 ◽  
pp. 36-47
Author(s):  
A. M. Yarosh ◽  
V. V. Tonkovtseva ◽  
F. M. Melikov ◽  
T. Vi. Platonova ◽  
T. R. Bekmambetov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oil ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Test Word ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Mental Work ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Student’S T ◽  
Positive Effect

The studies were conducted with participation of 280 people (140 people were divided into 3 experimental groups and 140 people represented 3 control groups) aged 55 to 80 years. During the study, the testees were in darkened rooms at rest (sitting position) in groups of 10-12 people. For the experimental group the essential oil of summer savory was sprayed in the room for 10, 20 or 30 minutes in a concentration of 1 mg / m3, alongside with psychorelaxation recording. The main components of the essential oil are: carvacrol (51.11%), y-terpinene (21.05%) and p-cimene (13.94%), in much smaller quantities a-terpinene (3.11%), apinene (1.70%) and f-myrcene (1.44%), the remaining components are in concentrations not higher than 1 %. Participants in the control group were played only psychorelaxation recording lasting 10, 20 or 30 minutes. The condition of the testees before and after treatments in control and experimental groups was assessed using hospital scale of anxiety and depression test, word recognition testing with missing letters, correction task, well­ being questionnaire according to the method Dembo-Rubinstein in the modification of A. M. Prikhozhan. The obtained data were statistically processed using Student's t-test for bound and unbound series. It has been found out that the inhalation of vapors of summer savory essential oil {Satureja hortensis L.) in a concentration of 1 mg/m3 has a strong positive effect on indicators of anxiety and depression and self-esteem of emotional state and psychical tonus of the elderly, as well as during simple and complex mental work. The positive effect of summer savory essential oil on indicators of anxiety and depression and on simple mental work appear in all studied experiments of different duration of exposure (10, 20 and 30 minutes). It contributes to a better self-assessment of psycho-emotional state and psychical tonus and on complex mental work at treatments 10 and 20 minutes long.

scholarly journals The Experienced Level of Stress and Anxiety in Patients of a Multidisciplinary Medical Center

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 384-390
Author(s):  
A. B. Kholmogorova ◽  
M. I. Subotich ◽  
A. A. Rakhmanina ◽  
E. V. Borisonik ◽  
A. P. Roy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional State ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Sudden Change ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Hospital Anxiety ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Psychological Assistance

At the present stage of development of medicine, the delivery of psychological assistance is an important component of a systemic biopsychosocial approach. Patients and persons accompanying them undoubtedly experience anxiety during hospitalization due to the fact that the very appeal to the hospital and the preceding events are stressful. In turn, many previous studies show that stress can have both mobilizing (eustress) and negative effects (distress) on the emotional state and adaptive processes of a person.The objective of this study is to study the level of stress and anxiety in patients (n=83) at the time of hospitalization and hospital stay. The study was conducted using three self-reporting scales (the Distress Thermometer, A. Beck Anxiety Inventory, and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). The results of the study showed that most patients (58%) experienced an increased level of distress. Distress was most often accompanied by the following emotional reactions: anxiety (51%), fear (25%), sadness (21%), and loneliness (21%). The study of emotional state showed that 22% of respondents had a high level of anxiety (according to HADS), and 5% had clinically significant symptoms of anxiety (according to Beck Inventory). Symptoms of depression are less common. In the group of patients with a significant level of distress, a greater number of patients noted high rates of hospital anxiety and depression. In addition, the authors investigated the emotional state of patients after psychological assistance received in the hospital. The results show that the level of distress was almost twice reduced.A pilot study of a group of patients being treated in the clinical departments of an emergency hospital allows us to draw a preliminary conclusion about the positive effect of the course of psychocorrective classes on the patient’s emotional state and the level of distress experienced, i.e. helps the patient resolve certain internal conflicts associated with a sudden change in life, calm down and positively set oneself up for treatment.Authors declare lack of the conflicts of interests.

scholarly journals The nature of the manifestation of procrastination, level of anxiety and depression in medical students in a period of altered psycho-emotional state during forced social distancing because of pandemic COVID-19 and its impact on academic performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-11
Author(s):  
Ivan Romash
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Clinical Test ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Psychoemotional State

Introduction: The fact that learning is moving online is probably a disappointment to most medical students.  This is especially true for middle and senior students, in whom most disciplines are clinical and focus on practical work with patients. During the period of forced social distancing and online learning in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, such a common way of learning became impossible. All these changes obviously affect the mental health of medical students, who are already at risk for such phenomenon as procrastination and disorders as anxiety and depression. Purpose: Investigate and evaluate the level of anxiety, depression, and the nature of the manifestation of procrastination in medical students Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Training Foreign Citizens (FTFC) of Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University (IFNMU) in a period of altered psycho-emotional state during the period of forced social distancing and its impact on academic performance. Methodology: 212 medical students were interviewed. The survey was voluntary and anonymous. We used two clinical test methods to identify emotional disturbances: the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) (Zigmond A.S. et.al.,1983; Svanborg P., 2001). In order to assess the propensity of students to procrastinate, we also used the "Questionnaire to study the propensity of the individual to procrastination" (Shivari ,O.A., 2015), which is a modification of the "General Procrastination Scale" (Lay, C., 1986) and consists of two scales: "Personally conditioned procrastination scale" (Scale I) and "Situationally conditioned procrastination scale" (Scale II). The statistical analysis of the results was performed using STATISTICA 7.0 software packages and the package of statistical functions of Microsoft Excel. Results and Discussion: During the testing, students note that the most important problem for them is time management. The analysis of the results survey by "Personally conditioned procrastination scale" (Scale I) "showed that 15% of the students have a low, 47.5% - medium, 37.5% - high level of personal propensity to procrastination. The analysis of the results "Situationally conditioned procrastination scale" (Scale II) showed that 25% of students have a low level of situational procrastination, 37.5% - medium and 37.5% - high, respectively. The study of the relationship between the level of propensity to procrastination (Scale I) and academic performance in medical students showed that in the group with low procrastination the success rate is higher than in groups with medium and high procrastination (r = -0.58; p <0.05). We also established a direct correlation between the Scale II indicators and the average academic performance indicators. After the survey and analysis of the results on the HADS and MADRS scales, we found a clear relationship between increased learning during the period of altered psychoemotional state and the severity of anxiety-depressive symptoms in medical students, which manifested itself in an increase in the level of anxiety and mood disorders of varying degrees. Conclusions: Thus, procrastination that occurs in the surveyed medical students in the period of altered psycho-emotional state during forced social distancing because of pandemic COVID-19 has had "situational" situational nature. Besides, the study confirmed that the pandemic of COVID-19, as a stressful moment of the external test of identity, caused the emergence of protective mechanisms in medical students in the form of emotional and behavioral changes and disorders. The results obtained indicate the presence of adjustment disorders in the period of the altered psychoemotional state during forced social distancing because of pandemic COVID-19 in all the studied groups. Medical students also need to be made aware that depression is not a cause for shame. Future doctors should be able to maintain their mental and emotional health, as well as know, how to deal with classmates who suffer from mental illness

Stehen kognitive Funktionen im Zusammenhang mit Angst, Depression und Posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung bei Brustkrebspatientinnen nach onkologischer Behandlung?

2009 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena Schirmer ◽  
Anja Mehnert ◽  
Angela Scherwath ◽  
Barbara Schleimer ◽  
Frank Schulz-Kindermann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Hospital Anxiety ◽  
Kognitive Funktionen

Die in mehreren Studien gefundenen kognitiven Störungen bei Tumorpatienten nach Chemotherapie werden zumeist mit der Zytostatikaneurotoxizität assoziiert. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird der Zusammenhang von Angst, Depression und Posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung mit der kognitiven Leistungsfähigkeit bei Frauen mit Mammakarzinom untersucht. Insgesamt wurden 76 Brustkrebspatientinnen fünf Jahre nach Abschluss der onkologischen Behandlung mit neuropsychologischen Testverfahren sowie mit der Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale – Deutsche Version (HADS-D) und der Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist – Civilian Version (PCL-C) untersucht: 23 nach Standard- und 24 nach Hochdosistherapie sowie 29 nach Brustoperation und Strahlentherapie als Vergleichsgruppe. Signifikante Zusammenhänge sind vor allem zwischen kognitiven Funktionen und Intrusionssymptomen einer Posttraumatischen Belastungsstörung (PTBS) festzustellen. Bei Patientinnen nach Standardtherapie weisen Intrusionen der PTBS einen moderaten Zusammenhang mit der globalen kognitiven Beeinträchtigung auf. Die Ergebnisse der Studie deuten auf multidimensionale Einfluss- und moderierende Faktoren bei der Entwicklung kognitiver Defizite bei Brustkrebspatientinnen nach onkologischer Therapie hin.

Hypochondrie in der Allgemeinbevölkerung:

Diagnostica ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Hinz ◽  
Winfried Rief ◽  
Elmar Brähler
Keyword(s):  
Nottingham Health Profile ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Somatoforme Störungen ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory ◽  
Health Profile ◽  
Hospital Anxiety ◽  
Gießener Beschwerdebogen

Zusammenfassung. Der Whiteley-Index ist ein Instrument zur Erfassung von Hypochondrie. Für diesen Fragebogen wurde eine Normierungs- und Validierungsstudie anhand einer bevölkerungsrepräsentativen Stichprobe (n = 1996) durchgeführt. Hypochondrie zeigt eine etwa lineare Altersabhängigkeit (r = .24). Frauen haben in allen Altersstufen höhere Hypochondrie-Ausprägungen als Männer. Für verschiedene Alters- und Geschlechtsgruppen werden Normwerte bereit gestellt. Die in der Literatur beschriebene dreidimensionale Struktur des Whiteley-Index (Krankheitsängste, somatische Beschwerden und Krankheitsüberzeugung) konnte mit gewissen Einschränkungen bestätigt werden. Validierungsuntersuchungen mit anderen Instrumenten (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory, Gießener Beschwerdebogen, Screening für Somatoforme Störungen und Nottingham Health Profile) zeigten, dass eine auf sieben Items reduzierte Kurzskala der Gesamtskala mit 14 Items ebenbürtig ist. Für differenzierte Analysen wird jedoch die Originalskala empfohlen. Durch die angegebenen Normwerte ist es künftig besser möglich, Patientengruppen verschiedener Alters- und Geschlechtsverteilungen untereinander oder auch mit Stichproben der Normalbevölkerung zu vergleichen.

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