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Mahin Raeis-Dana, Mehdi Tabatabaei-Nia, Mohammad Kamali, Narges Shafaroudi,
Volume 10, Issue 1 (4-2009)
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine parents' experiences, expectations, and needs regarding service providers and their roles in the process of copping with a child with a disability.
Materials & Methods: A qualitative phenomenological method has been selected for this study. Nine parents of children with variety of disabilities including children with cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities, and autism were purposefully selected and semi-structured in-depth interview were conducted. Interviews records were transcribed and analyzed using Van Manen's method.
Results: Findings were classified in four domains as experienced and perceived by the participants of the study: medical , consoling , rehabilitation, and education services. Problems accessing information were due to interpersonal relationship skills, early diagnosis, and frank and honest communication . Consoling are two folds support and education . In rehabilitation promote (progress) of child's function, to possible of observation and comparison with other children with similar situation, and attitude of therapists were emerged. Education included: present and future.
Conclusion: Findings indicate that the families are faced with ongoing challenges when receiving professional services. These findings revealed that early diagnosis and intervention, empathic relationships, and appropriate consultation will help the parents better cope with their children disabilities and become more positively involved in the care and development of their children with a disability.
Mandana Sadeghi, Mahdieh Ahmadi, Ali Farhoudian, Firouzeh Ja'fari, Mosayyeb Yarmohammadi-Vasel,
Volume 12, Issue 0 (3-2012)
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study is to review the previous implemented research on drug abuse and dependency in Iran.
Materials & Methods: In this study all available information has been used instructions, official says, rules, etc.
Results: Addiction is a major problem in our country in a severe and urgent intervention requires. Due to the difficulty of longer research and prevention of addiction, Preventive and social studies are small. A significant number of researches in the field of addiction treatment, the country have been done. Due to the nature of disaster-pron country as earthquakes, floods, and the drug, most efforts are focused on drug control .That the poor predictions of future changes in material consumption and future ongoing monitoring is necessary. The prevalence of injection use has increased compared to non-injecting drug users in Iran and 15 to 23 percent are infected with HIV. In most studies, the cost of addiction treatment and direct costs of addiction treatment is considered and costs such as fighting, prevention, and drug trafficking is not considered.
Conclusion: Due to the favorable attitude in our society, rules, and guidelines related, it is necessary the proper planning and comprehensive research on prevention and treatment in addition to the executive must be done.
Somayyeh Kavousi-Pour, Masoud Fallahi-Khoshknab,
Volume 12, Issue 4 (1-2012)
Abstract
Objective: Improvement in job is directly related to recognition of the experience and viewpoints of those working in the field. This research was designed to find out the job, educational and clinical experience of the occupational therapists.
Materials & Methods: This study is a qualitative research using content analysis. Data collection was done via in-depth semi -structured interviews with 15 occupational therapists working in the rehabilitation clinics in Tehran in 2009. To analyze the data, content analysis and inductive analysis were used...
Results: First, we obtained 170 key codes from data analysis .These key codes were categorized into 5 themes including ”community's attitude toward occupational therapy’s”, ”job dissatisfaction”, “a new and creative sight into occupational therapy”, “occupational therapy inappropriate educational system” and “the nature of the occupational therapy”. The themes obtained from the occupational therapists’ experience showed that how the other members of rehabilitation team, patients and patients’ family look at occupational therapy and can directly affect the occupational therapists’ job satisfaction, positive experience and sense of worth.
Conclusion: Experience of occupational therapists in their job is directly related to their patients ‘and coworkers’ ideas about their sense of worth this view passes to the occupational therapist directly and indirectly. It can affect the occupational therapists’ attitudes, satisfaction and job experience. Instructors and mentors of occupational therapy students can contribute to positive experience and satisfaction of the students from occupational therapy.
Afsaneh Rezaei, Mohammad Ali Hosseini, Neda Mehrdad,
Volume 13, Issue 3 (10-2012)
Abstract
Objective: This study intends to determine the factors attributed to the use of research evidences results in practice, by rehabilitation’s practitioners in educational hospitals of Tehran.
Materials & Methods: In this study, the research community included all the 485 rehabilitation practitioners working in educational hospitals of Tehran. The samples were consisted of 165 persons which have been selected through cluster random sampling. For data collection, Funk questionnaires were used to determine the barriers and facilitators of evidence based rehabilitation. For data analyzes, descriptive statistics, independent T-test and one-way ANOVA were used.
Results: %70.5 of participants was female with mean age of 38 and average twelve years of employment. Most of them (%38) were physiotherapists and undergraduates. According to the findings, current inadequate facilities for implementation of evidences and lack of enough authority to change patient rehabilitation procedures, were known as the two main barriers.At the other side,promoting personal motivations and interests, besides supplying proper necessary facilities, such as computer and easy internet access were the most effective facilitators for evidence-based rehabilitation practice.
Conclusion: In this study, insufficient facilities for implementation of evidences and increasing interest and individual motivation for implementation of research were reported as the main barrier and facilitator of evidence based rehabilitation practice, respectively
Farnoush Kavianpour, Mokhtar Malekpour, Ahmad A'bedi,
Volume 14, Issue 1 (4-2013)
Abstract
Objectives: The present study aims to investigate the efficacy of executive functions training (response inhibition) on the rate of impulsivity in preschool children with developmental coordination disorder in Isfahan city.
Materials & Methods: The participants of this study were three preschool children which were recognized to have developmental coordination disorder. To collect data, we used NEPSY neuropsychology test, Conner’s parent rating scale, Wechsler intelligence scale for children, basic motor ability tests and clinical interview. A single-subject method with MBD design research methodology was used as well.
Results: The results of the data chart analysis based on descriptive statistics' and visual analysis indices revealed that the intervention has been effective on the three participants (PND of 80%, 70% and 70% for test number one, two and three, respectively).
Conclusion: The results of the present study show that response inhibition executive function training can reduce level of impulsivity.
Shokoh Varaei, Masoumeh Malek, Mohammad Ali Cheraghi, Mehdi Norouzi, Amir Hossein Mahmoudi,
Volume 22, Issue 4 (1-2022)
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Objective Progressive visual impairment is one of the problems that threatening the health of patients and has the negative effects on their abilities. This study aimed to explore the health concerns of patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP).
Materials & Methods A qualitative inductive approach was used. Eleven patients with RP, participated in this study in Iran. Patients were selected through purposeful sampling. Data collection was done through two methods of in-depth semi-structured individual interviews and field notes. Data analysis was performed using approach of conventional content analysis.
Results The categories of "perceived health threat" and "perceived support needs", were extracted. The category of perceived health threat included sub-subcategories of "gradual decline in physical function", "sustained fluctuations in mental health", and "weakening of social capability". "need for socio-economic support", "need for educational support", "need for psychological support", and "need for a personal assistant" were extracted as sub-subcategories of perceived support needs.
Conclusion RP Patients faced with the problem of abilities impairment in various physical, mental, and social dimensions and need for support in society. So, to improve the health of these patients, members of the health group are suggested to develop a context-based wholistic care program through multidisciplinary cooperation.
Mohammad Hosein Rohani Ravari, Professor Abbas Ebadi, Akbar Darouie,
Volume 24, Issue 2 (7-2023)
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Objective With the advancement of information and communication technology, the use of telepractice has expanded to provide speech, language, and swallowing services. In different countries, studies have been conducted in the field of telepractice of speech, language, and swallowing disorders, including stuttering, and these studies have confirmed the effectiveness of this method of providing treatment and have mentioned some problems. To present this method of treatment more effectively, the challenges of this treatment should be examined. The present study has been conducted to investigate the facilitators and barriers to the telepractice of stuttering in preschool children.
Materials & Methods In this qualitative study, individual unstructured interviews have conducted using qualitative content analysis with 11 participants, including therapists with experience in stuttering telepractice in preschool children, therapists who were opposed to this treatment (n=7 people) as well as parents who have had successful telepractice and parents who have had unsuccessful telepractice (n=4).
Results Telepractice facilitators included cost reduction, therapist-client communication between sessions, greater parental cooperation and responsibility in telepractice, reduced stress and increased child-therapist collaboration in the natural environment, more time freedom, and time flexibility for the family and therapist. Barriers to telepractice in this group included lower trust in the therapist in telepractice, limited communication cues, spending more energy by the therapist, difficulty in educating parents, and lack of comprehensive protocols in telepractice.
Conclusion When these cases are recognized, it is possible to provide higher-quality treatment to people who need these services by reducing barriers and strengthening facilitators. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to conduct studies to develop comprehensive and detailed protocols for providing this method of treatment, taking into account the existing facilitators and obstacles.
Corresponding author: Akbar Darouie, E-mail:adarouie@hotmail.com
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Zahra Poursaeid, Mohaddeseh Mohsenpour, Leila Ghasisin,
Volume 24, Issue 2 (7-2023)
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Objective Aphasia is an acquired language disorder that can affect all representations of language (comprehension, expression, reading, and writing). This disorder is a communication disability that has a long-term effect on various aspects of the life of people with aphasia and their families. The most common cause of aphasia is stroke. The prevalence of this disorder is increasing in Iran. The evidence shows that the factors affecting the provision of speech therapy services to people with aphasia are different in various countries. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the barriers and facilitators of receiving speech therapy services from the perspective of the families of these people in Iran.
Materials & Methods The study was conducted qualitatively with a content analysis approach. In this study, individual, semi-structured interviews with open-ended questions were conducted with 12 families of people with aphasia. Interviews were conducted by voice calls through WhatsApp or phone calls. Data analysis was done by Burnard’s approach. The duration of interviews with families was 25 minutes on average.
Results Barriers to receiving speech therapy services from the perspective of families of people with aphasia were divided into five categories and twelve subcategories, and facilitators of receiving services were divided into five categories and thirteen subcategories. There was an overlap between the identified barriers and facilitators, so the titles of the categories were the same and included: factors affecting clients’ attendance in speech therapy sessions, factors related to the patient, factors related to the place of treatment, factors related to the family, and factors related to speech therapist. All the participants pointed out a barrier and a facilitator related to the category of factors affecting clients’ attendance in speech therapy sessions. Also, all of them found a barrier related to the patient and a facilitator related to the family to be effective in receiving speech therapy services.
Conclusion By examining the factors extracted from the interviewees, it is possible to make the necessary plans to reduce the barriers and strengthen facilitators with the help of people who have responsibilities in this field. Most of the participants considered the high severity of the impairment a barrier to receiving treatment. All of them agreed that the existence of a source to inform about speech therapy services has facilitated receiving these services. By considering the barriers and facilitators, people with aphasia and their families can receive more appropriate treatment according to their conditions and their quality of life will increase.
Corresponding author: Leila Ghasisin, Email: ghasisin@gmail.com
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Mr Mostafa Mardani, Dr Fardin Alipour, Dr Hassan Rafiey, Dr Masoud Fallahi-Khoshknab, Dr Maliheh Arshi,
Volume 25, Issue 1 (4-2024)
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Objective The escalating challenges of drug and alcohol abuse underscore the critical need to prioritize Addiction-Affected Family members (AAFs), who face diverse health consequences and complex challenges. This study focuses on Addiction-Affected Mothers (AAMs) and their coping strategies during their child’s substance abuse, aiming to explore their experiences during both the addiction and recovery periods.
Materials & Methods Using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), nine AAMs, whose children had completed recovery, participated in semi-structured interviews. Purposive sampling ensured firsthand insights, with data analysis following IPA principles, including coding, categorization, and interpretation. Trustworthiness was maintained through member checking, peer debriefing, and ethical considerations.
Results The data analysis and the codes extracted from the interviews revealed four main themes and 14 subthemes. The four main themes extracted from the data included 1. Social Isolation, 2. The Swamp Trails, 3. The Continuum of Injuries, and 4. The Pursuit of Freedom. The first three main themes contained 11 sub-themes reflecting the mothers’ experiences caused by their child’s addiction, and the fourth theme, containing 3 sub-themes, comprised of countermeasures and effective mechanisms employed to overcome addiction-caused problems.
Conclusion The study provides evidence-based insights for enhanced services and policies targeting Addiction-Affected Mothers, who often initiate responses within families. Specialized interventions are crucial to address their unique needs and those of their families, minimizing the direct and indirect effects of addiction. Encouraging AAMs’ participation in support sessions is vital for ongoing coping. Effective resources and strategies can facilitate long-term recovery for both individuals with substance abuse and their families, contributing to a deeper understanding of familial dynamics affected by addiction.
