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OBJECTIVES:This study was conducted to determine the efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on psychological symptoms and quality of life (QoL) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
METHODS:
We conducted a randomized single-blind clinical trial in patients with SLE referred from the Imam Ali Clinic in Shahrekord, southwest Iran. The patients (46 in total in two groups of 23 each) were randomly assigned into the experimental and control groups. Both groups underwent routine medical care, and the experimental group underwent eight group sessions of MBCT in addition to routine care. The patient,s QoL was assessed using the General Health Questionnaire-28 and 36-Item Short Form Health Survey before, after, and six months after intervention (follow-up).
RESULTS:
A significant difference was seen in psychological symptoms and QoL between MBCT and control groups immediately after the intervention and at follow-up (p ≤ 0.050). However, the difference was not significant for the physical components of QoL (p ≥ 0.050).
CONCLUSIONS:
MBCT contributed to decreased psychological symptoms and improved QoL in patients with SLE with a stable effect on psychological symptoms and psychological components of QoL, but an unstable effect on physical components.
OBJECTIVES:This study was conducted to determine the efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on psychological symptoms and quality of life (QoL) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
METHODS:
We conducted a randomized single-blind clinical trial in patients with SLE referred from the Imam Ali Clinic in Shahrekord, southwest Iran. The patients (46 in total in two groups of 23 each) were randomly assigned into the experimental and control groups. Both groups underwent routine medical care, and the experimental group underwent eight group sessions of MBCT in addition to routine care. The patient,s QoL was assessed using the General Health Questionnaire-28 and 36-Item Short Form Health Survey before, after, and six months after intervention (follow-up).
RESULTS:
A significant difference was seen in psychological symptoms and QoL between MBCT and control groups immediately after the intervention and at follow-up (p ≤ 0.050). However, the difference was not significant for the physical components of QoL (p ≥ 0.050).
CONCLUSIONS:
MBCT contributed to decreased psychological symptoms and improved QoL in patients with SLE with a stable effect on psychological symptoms and psychological components of QoL, but an unstable effect on physical components.
INTRODUCTION:The wives of patients with schizophrenia experience high levels of stress due to their spouses' disease, which leads to certain problems and decreased adaptability and efficiency in them.
AIM:
This study investigated the efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on resilience in schizophrenia patients.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
In this quasi-experimental study, 40 wives of patients with schizophrenia (20 assigned to experimental group and 20 to control group) whose husbands were kept in rehabilitation centers for mental disorders were enrolled according to convenience sampling. In the experimental group, the therapeutic protocol of MBCT was conducted. Accordingly, the patients were encouraged to process the experiences in a non-judgmental manner as they have been formed, and to change their relationship with and embrace challenging thoughts and feelings. Meanwhile, the control group underwent no intervention. The research instrument was Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. Data were analysed by ANCOVA in SPSS 16.
RESULTS:
At post-test, mean resilience score of the experimental group (77.95±4.71) was much higher than that of the control group (71.75±5.81). There was a significant difference in the mean resilience score at post-test between the experimental and control groups (p<0.05).
CONCLUSION:
Training MBCT strategies was effective on resilience in the wives of schizophrenia patients. Therefore, this approach can be incorporated into mental health-related interventions for the families of patients with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia.
<p>This article is a critical analysis of the work of Regmi, <em>Epigraphy and Society in Ancient Nepal</em>. The article discusses this published paper and also inscriptions and vamsavali of different periods of time. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-02-02)</p>
Researcher Kamal Meattle shows how an arrangement of three common houseplants, used in specific spots in a home or office building, can result in measurably cleaner indoor air.
<p>This paper presents a preliminary analysis of the non-Sanskritic nominals attested in ancient Nepalese epigraphy. (Mark Turin 2004-06-15)</p>
<p>This article is a brief biography of Dhanavajra Vajracharya (1932-1994). It was published in memory of him. It includes 1 leaf of plate. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-02-28)</p>
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<p>This is a review by Kamal P. Malla of <em>The Nepal-Mahatmya: A IX-century Text or a Pious Fraud?</em></p>
<p>The article discusses a vamsavali found in the National Archives of Nepal. The manuscript is a complete version of the fragment of a vamsavali - popularly known among scholars as the Kaisher Vamsavali (VK). It describes the physical condition and the written content. The article includes 14 plates which reproduce the original material. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-01-31)</p>
<p>The article presents some evidence in support of various hypotheses for the names of several hills in Nepal. Four interrelated hypotheses have provided the main conceptual framework while analyzing and interpreting the non-Sanskrit words encountered in the Sanskrit inscriptions of ancient Nepal. The article includes 3 appendices. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-02-28)</p>
<p>This is a review by Kamal P. Malla of Luciano Petech, <em>Mediaeval History of Nepal</em>.</p>
<p>This is a review by Kamal P. Malla of Mary Shepherd Slusser, <em>Nepal Mandala: A Cultural Study of the Kathmandu Valley</em>.</p>
<p>The article attempts to analyze the river names of the Nepal valley from an ethno-linguistic perspective. The river is an unmistakable element in the topography of any settlement, more so in agricultural settlements where the river may be their life-line. River names are, therefore, an important index to the linguistic, cultural, and above all, ethnographic history of a settlement. Here in this article, ancient river names of the Nepal valley are examined as evidence of prehistoric ethnic contacts between the aborigines and the Indo-Aryan immigrants. Different strata of river names are documented as evidence of the process of cultural absorption and Sanskritization. It includes a sketched map of main rivers of the valley. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-01-25)</p>