Davoud Fathi, Farnaz Keshavarzi-Arshadi, Mahmoud Jamali-Firouzabadi, Omid Massah-Choulaby,
Volume 12, Issue 1 (Spring 2011)
Abstract
Objective:The purpose of this study is to compare the educational progress and behavioral compromise of exceptional students in special educational system and integrated system in Hamedan province.
Materials & Methods:This research is based on comparison between all the exceptional students who divided in two groups of blind and deaf in three levels in clouding primary, guidance and high school students. 40 students from integrated and 40 students from especial educational system with cluster sampling method were selected the rate of P is considered as q .The rate of p was considered equal 0.5 and the rate of q equal 0.5 . Then for gathering data a questionnaire based on Akhnbakh experience was used . The data were analysed in &alpha= 0.05 level with independent T test and multivariate analysis of MANOVA variance .
Results: The result showed that there is a significant difference between the amount of educational progress , compromise behaviors , amount and kind of abnormal behaviors of exceptional students in integrated educational system with special educational system . Also the rate of educational progress and compromise behaviors is better in integrated system than especial educational system . Moreover disordered behaviors of these students are less than their counterparts in special educational system .
Conclusion: in general integrated educational system in comparison with especial educational system is most successful in field of educational progress ,compromise behavior and abnormal behavior in exceptional students (blind and deaf).
Hossein Ghamari-Givi, Afshin Fathi, Laleh Senobar,
Volume 14, Issue 4 (Winter 2014)
Abstract
Objective: anger and aggressive are effects of chronic illnesses such as childhood cancer. The aim of the present study is investigation of the efficacy of the combination of mental imagination and massage therapy on anger in children with cancer.
Materials & Methods: the research method of the study was clinical trial and was done in Eram clinic of Ardabil’s boali hospital. Thirty children with blood and lymph cancer were selected by accessible method and were plague into two groups as experimental group (15 children) and control group (15 children). For data gathering, Steels anger expression scale were used in pretest and posttest phases. Therapist thought the subjects of the experimental group and used two techniques individually with children, during three weeks (six sessions with two times per week) about 20 minutes in one session. For data analysis was used multiply analysis of variance.
Results: Findings showed that there is significant difference in anger trait, anger expression, inner anger and anger control in experimental group in pretest and posttest phases (P<0.001, P<0.05). In experimental group, anger trait, anger expression and inner anger had been decreased and anger control was increased, but there was no significant difference in this variable in control group.
Conclusion: The combination of two techniques of massage therapy and mental imagination decreases the aggression and anger emotion during in treatment of children with cancer. Thus education and application of these techniques are effective in reduction of the psychological effects of the cancer and its side effects of treatments.
Khadijeh Fathi, Narges Adib-Sereshki, Firouzeh Sajedi,
Volume 14, Issue 6 (Special Issue: Pediatric Neurorehabilitation 2014)
Abstract
Objective: Emotional intelligence has an important role on mental and social health of children and its defect prompts children for many problems. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotional intelligence training on reducing aggression and hyperactivity of girl students with physical disability.
Materials & Methods: This study was experimental and؛ Pre-test post-test with control group was used. The samples were 40 physically disabled girl' students with behavior disorders whom were in3rd, 4th and 5th grades. The instrument Rutter behavioral questionnaires (the teacher and parent forms). Was used to measure behavior problems. Spss was used for data analysis.
Results: The emotional intelligence training reduced the aggression and hyperactivity of students. The pre-testو post-test results by teachers (P<0.001, f=15.04) and parents (P<0.001, f=21.15) Forms have shown a significant differences between the two groups of students in aggression and hyperactivity.
Conclusion: It was shown that training of emotional intelligence to physically disabled students with aggression and hyperactivity can help them to improve their behavioral status.
Ali Reza Zolfaghari, Davoud Fathi, Omid Massah,
Volume 15, Issue 1 (Spring 2014)
Abstract
Objective: Behavioral disorders of childhood and adolescence represent a range of problems and Its prevalence varies in different parts of Iran and the world. Knowledge of them is essential to the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of patients. The aim of this survey is assessment of behavior disorders prevalence in high school students in Hamedan province.
Materials & Methods: In this descriptive and cross sectional study, 500 boy and girl students were selected from Hamedan high schools by multistep cluster sampling, based on region and gender. Data were gathered by Achenbach experience questionnaire (YSR form) and analyzed by Friedman and independent T tests.
Results: The findings showed that prevalence of behavioral problems among students in the province is 10 percent and it was higher in girls than boys. Most disorders were withdrawal disorder / anxiety and attention problems and somatization disorder was the least problem.
Conclusion: Prevalence of behavior disorders in Hamedan province compared to other studies is moderate, but the behavior disorders prevalence of boys and girls are different from other researchs.
Farshad Fathi, Ali Khezri, Mohammad Saeed Khanjani, Samaneh Hosseinzadeh, Kianoush Abdi,
Volume 20, Issue 3 (Autumn 2019)
Abstract
Objective: Responsiveness is a process that all organizations, such as hospitals and rehabilitation centers, need to implement it in order to legitimize their activities; and on the other hand, the recipients of rehabilitation services as a citizen of the community have a special place. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to determine and compare the response status of rehabilitation service providers from the perspective of people with disabilities (PWD) and their families in Tehran in 2016.
Materials & Methods: The study is descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional. The statistical population of the study consisted of all people with disabilities and their families who received rehabilitation services (Red Crescent, Wellbeing, Private Sector) in 2017. Samples were collected from rehabilitation centers of 5 districts of Tehran, using available sampling. The questionnaire was distributed based on the Response Questionnaire (World Health Organization, 2000) and 357 samples were collected. Adults with physical and motor disabilities and families with children with physical disabilities were included in the study, as well as those with mental disabilities and those who did not wish to participate in the study, as well as incomplete and unread questionnaires. The questionnaire has eight domains and included 25 questions. The questionnaire was distributed among 11 rehabilitation specialists with CVI=0.91 and the reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by 30 questionnaires in four centers in two weeks with a correlation coefficient of 0.83 and Cronbach's alpha of 0.77. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis) by using SPSS V. 22.
Results: The results showed that the age of the majority of patients (49.6%) was in the group of 30-39 years. Depending on the type of center, the mean age included 49.5% in private centers, 49.5% in the welfare centers, and 50% in Red Crescent. The highest responsiveness was related to the dimensions of the right to choose and environmental quality (2.6 and 2.41 out of 5, respectively) in private centers, environmental quality (2.1 out of 5) in welfare centers, and then, right to choose had the highest score. The lowest accountability was reported for dignity (2.18 out of 5). The mean scores of social support dimensions in the three types of center were statistically different (P=0.001), as well as the mean scores of immediate attention (P=0.002), participation in decision-making (P=0.009), confidentiality (P=0.010), and total responsiveness (P=0.04) there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups of referral type and mean scores of immediate attention dimensions in the two sex groups (P=0.022). However, the mean scores of total responsiveness dimensions in marital status (P=0.446) and type of insurance (P=0.535) were not statistically significant.
Conclusion: The findings of this study displayed that responsibility as a criterion of quality of rehabilitation services, in fact, provides a clear picture of the clients’ performance. Responsibility of welfare centers was better than private and Red Crescent Centers. In this study, rehabilitation centers had the lowest performance in areas of transparent communication, dignity, and social support which may result in lower dignity which may indicate less attention to the dignity of the recipient of the service and the deficiency of insufficient insurance coverage to support rehabilitation services. While these dimensions of responsiveness are important for services recipients. Therefore, it is necessary to respond to the rehabilitation system in these areas (transparent communication, dignity and social protection). Also, it is recommended further studies in the area of responsiveness of rehabilitation system.
Niloufar Mahmoudi, Yadollah Abolfathi Momtaz, Mahshid Foroughan, Nasibe Zanjari, Seyyed H Mohaqeqi Kamal,
Volume 23, Issue 1 (Spring 2022)
Abstract
Objective: Social isolation is one of the important concerns in the elderly population which can negatively affect their quality of life and health. The present study aims to determine the prevalence of social isolation among older adults aged 60 years and older in Tehran, Iran and find its associated factors.
Materials & Methods: This is a secondary analysis study on data obtained from a large cross-sectional study conducted on older adults in Tehran in 2020. The Persian version of lubben social network scale (LSNS-6) was used to measure social isolation. The demographic characteristics (age, gender, marital status, living arrangements, and number of children), socio-economic status (educational level, employment status, and household income) and health-related information (history of chronic diseases and use of assistive devices) were collected using a checklist. Data were analyzed in SPSS v. 23 software using multivariate logistic regression analysis. The significance level was set at
Results: The data were related to 1280 older adults aged 60 years and older (Mean±SD age=70.97±8.07 years). The prevalence of social isolation was 30.8%. The results of chi-square test revealed that living arrangement (P<0.001, X2=46.93), marital status (P<0.001, X2=26.91), household income (P<0.001, X2=67.44), level of education (P<0.05, X2=20.26), employment status (P <0.001, X2=29.21), musculoskeletal problems (P<0.001, X2=15.47), respiratory problems (P<0.05, X2=10.43), vision problems (P<0.05, X2=4.4), hyperlipidemia (P<0.001, X2=13.53), and wearing glasses (P<0.05, X2=3.92) had significant association with social isolation. The regression analysis model could significantly predict social isolation (X2=188.35, P<0.001). The model revealed that being male (P<0.05, OR=1.7), living with spouse (P<0.05, OR=0.4), musculoskeletal disease (P<0.05, OR=1.42), diabetes (P<0.05, OR=1.41), household income (P<0.001, OR=5.82), being unemployed (P<0.001, OR=2.13), having hyperlipidemia (P<0.001, OR=0.58), and living in developed areas (P<0.001, OR=2.02) significantly predicted the social isolation.
Conclusion: There is a strong association between social isolation and some socio-economic, demographic-health related factors in older adults. Health policymakers and healthcare experts can develop the screening and prevention programs related to the mental and social health of older adults in Tehran, Iran in order to moderate and control these factors.
