scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Group Positive-Therapy (PPT) and Well-Being Therapy (WBT) on Attitude towards Drug Abuse in Patients under Methadone Maintenance Therapy

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pirnia, B
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Maintenance Therapy ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Methadone Maintenance Therapy ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Treatment of substance abuse has been associated with many challenges. The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of group positive therapy (PPT) and well-being therapy (WBT) on attitude towards drug abuse in patients under methadone maintenance therapy. The present study is a quasi-experimental with pre-test and post test analysis and control group. The population was including all substance abusers in the city of Lavasan who were resident in the clinics center of city Lavasan. Participants included thirty-six men who were eligible for the study were chosen by random selection method and randomly allocated in three groups. Two groups received positive psychotherapy (PPT) and well-being therapy (WBT)for 2 months, 14 sessions of 1hours (Two times a week), while the control group received no therapy at all. Data were collected by Questionnaire of attitude to drug which was given to the test subjects before and after completion of the therapy. The collected data was put to one way variance analysis and Scheffe’s test. The study demonstrated that group positive therapy and well-being therapy had positive effects on the attitude towards drug abuse improvement in both groups who received interventions ( P<0.00001, F =16.03) in comparison to the control group. Actually, both methods were effective in boosting attitude towards drug. Both positive therapy and well-being therapy methods were found effective in decrease attitude towards drug abuse in patients under methadone maintenance therapy but have not a significant difference between the effectiveness positive-therapy and well-being therapy

scholarly journals The effect of the science classesenriched with art activities on academic achievementSanat etkinlikleri ile zenginleştirilmiş bilim uygulamaları dersinin akademik başarıya etkisi

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1469
Author(s):  
Vesile Yıldız Demirtaş ◽  
Seda Çerik ◽  
Adem Maba
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Written Examination ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Elective Course ◽  
Art Activities

The aim of the study is to reveal the effects of the classeswhich enriched with art activitieson academic achievement at the 5th grades. The research group consists of 37 students who determined the science applications course as an elective course in a public school in İzmir during 2015-2016 Education Fall Semester. In this study, from the trial models"Quasi-experimental desing, pre-post test without control group" was used. The data were collected with achievement test and written examination that prepared by researchers in order to measure academic achievement in science applications classes and also interviews that prepared by researchers used in order to determine the opinions of the students on the science applications enriched with art activities. As the results of the research there is a significant difference between the pretest-posttest findings and the pretest-permanency test results of the experimental group. As the results of the achievement test, it is concrete that these activities have positive effects on the students.  It can be said that the applications are effective when the students' interview questions are compared with the answers given by the students after the last application. ÖzetAraştırmanın amacı 5. sınıflarda sanat etkinlikleri ile zenginleştirilmiş bilim uygulamaları dersinin akademik başarıya olan etkilerini ortaya çıkarmaktır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu 2015-2016 Öğretim Yılı Güz döneminde İzmir’de bir devlet okulunda bilim uygulamaları dersini seçmeli ders olarak belirleyen 37 öğrenci oluşturmaktadır.Bu araştırmada, deneme modellerinden “tek grup öntest-sontest kontrol grupsuz yarı deney deseni” kullanılmıştır. Veriler bilim uygulamaları dersindeki akademik başarıyı ölçmek amacıyla araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan bilim uygulamaları başarı testi ve yazılı yoklama ile öğrencilerin sanat etkinlikleri ile zenginleştirilmiş bilim uygulamaları dersine yönelik görüşlerini belirlemek amacıyla hazırlanan görüşme formu ile toplanmıştır.Araştırmada deney grubunun öntest-sontest sonuçlarında ve öntest-kalıcılık testi sonuçlarında anlamlı fark bulunmaktadır. Yapılan başarı testi sonucunda bu etkinliklerin öğrencileri olumlu etkilediği somut olarak ortaya çıkmıştır. Öğrencilerin görüşme sorularına ön uygulama ile son uygulama sonrası verdikleri cevaplar karşılaştırıldığında uygulamaların etkili olduğu söylenebilir. 

scholarly journals The Effect of Happiness Training on Psychological Well-Being in Patients with Thalassemia Major

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad S. Sargolzaei ◽  
Milad G. Shirsavar ◽  
Jasem Allahyari ◽  
Ali Bazi ◽  
Abolghasem P. Nasirabady
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Thalassemia Major ◽  
Routine Care ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Control

Objectives: Thalassemia major (TM) is a chronic hematological disease that can have deep effects on patients’ mental health and psychological well-being. So, the present study was conducted to determine the effects of happiness training on the psychological well-being of TM patients. Methods: This quasi-experimental study with a pre/post-test design was performed on 52 patients with TM in Zabol city (Iran) from August to December 2020. The patients were randomly categorized into experimental and control groups. In the experimental group, happiness training was performed in eight sessions, each for 60 minutes. The control group received routine care. The data collection tool was the Ryff's Scale of Psychological Well-being (RSPWB). Data were analyzed by SPSS 16 statistical software using descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and inferential (paired and independent t-test) statistics. Results: Regarding the psychological well-being score at the pre-test stage, there was no statistically significant difference between the intervention (74.92 ± 6.36) and control (74.57 ± 5.83) groups (p = 0.83). After the intervention; however, a statistically significant difference was observed between the two groups in terms of psychological well-being (p <0.001). Also, a statistically significant difference was seen comparing the psychological well-being score between the pre- and post-intervention phases in the experimental (p = 0.01) but not control (p = 0.12) group. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that happiness training improved TM patients’ psychological well-being. Therefore, this type of training can be used as an appropriate educational strategy to improve psychological well-being in these patients.Keywords: Happiness; Education; Mental Health; Thalassemia.

The effect of aripiprazole on nicotine dependency in patients under methadone maintenance therapy

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S398-S398
Author(s):  
S.M. Zamir ◽  
H. Javdani ◽  
A. Massoudifar ◽  
M. Naghdipour ◽  
A. Mehrnami
Keyword(s):  
Maintenance Therapy ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Methadone Maintenance Therapy ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Double Blind ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Nicotine Dependency ◽  
Study Results

IntroductionThe prevalence of smoking in patients under methadone maintenance therapy is high (85–98%). Most of these patients tend to quit smoking, but only a few of them receive treatment or referred to quit smoking. Recent study on aripiprazole, has been shown to reduce smoking.AimsThe aim of this study was to evaluate aripiprazole on smoking in patients under methadone maintenance therapy.Material and methodThis study was a double-blind intervention study. Patients under Methadone maintenance therapy in 22 Bahman Hospital randomly divided into two intervention and control group. First with the FTQ questionnaire, nicotine dependency assessed in all patients. Then, 6-week aripiprazole administered to intervention group. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 21.ResultsThe age range of patients was 67–25 years. Two groups were matched in demographic characteristics. Finally, mean number of FTQ questionnaire in case group before intervention was 8.9 ± 1.4 and after intervention was 8.4 ± 1.6. This difference was statistically significant (P = 0.0007).ConclusionThe study results show the aripiprazole effect in reducing the desire to smoke in patients under methadone maintenance therapy. The overall level of dependency on nicotine on the basis of test FTQ has decreased. By choosing aripiprazole as adjunctive therapy to quit smoking, by reducing the tendency of patients to smoking, can decrease cardiovascular complications and other problems caused by smoking and we can reduce the mortality rate of these patients.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Comparison of the Effectiveness of Existential Group Therapy with Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy on Increasing Life Satisfaction among the Methadone Maintenance Patients

2020 ◽  
pp. 172-177
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Group Therapy ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Methadone Maintenance Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Behavioral Group

Background and Aims: Given the success of group psychotherapy as well as drug therapies to improve drug-dependent patients, it is increasingly necessary to compare different interventions to select the most effective way to reduce the problems of methadone maintenance therapists. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of existential group therapy with cognitive-behavioral group therapy on increasing the life satisfaction of addicted people under methadone maintenance therapy. Materials and Methods: This semi-experimental study was conducted based on the pretest-posttest method with a control group. The study population included addicted males who underwent methadone maintenance treatment at Qazvin Addiction Treatment and Injury Clinics in 2019, Qazvin, Iran. The participants (n=90) were randomly selected and divided into experimental (existential and cognitive-behavioral therapy) and control groups. Subsequently, the experimental groups participated in 10 sessions of 120-min per week. The data were analyzed in SPSS software (version 22) through a repeated-measures ANOVA. Results: The results showed the improvement of life satisfaction in the existential and cognitive-behavioral therapy groups (P<0.001); however, the control group showed no significant difference in pretest, posttest, and follow-up. Furthermore, the results indicated no significant difference between cognitive-behavioral and existential therapy groups in terms of life satisfaction (P>0.05). Conclusion: It can be concluded that both cognitive-behavioral and existential therapies are effective in increasing the life satisfaction of addicted patients under methadone maintenance therapy; however, no significant difference was observed between the two experimental groups regarding the increasing level of satisfaction.

scholarly journals The Effects of Programming with Arduino Students’ Achievements, Attitudes and Self-Sufficiency Intented for Science

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-127
Author(s):  
ezgi taylan koparan
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Electricity Transmission ◽  
Transmission Unit ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Experimental Group

This reasearch aims at examining the effect of Arduino programming on sixth grade students’ achievement, self-efficacy and attitudes towards the Science course. The research was carried out in a public school in Ereğli district of Zonguldak province during the Spring Semester of the 2016-2017 Academic Year. The sample of the study, in which the pretest with control group and the quasi-experimental research method with posttest group was adopted, consists of a total of 64 students studying in the sixth grade, 32 of whom are experiment group and 32 of them are the control group. In the experimental group, the activities in the electricity transmission unit were carried out using Arduino, while in the control group, the activities in the textbook were carried out. Achievement tests, self-efficacy scales and attitude scales were used as data collection tools in the study. Independent sample t-test analysis was performed with the raw scores obtained from the tests and scales. According to the findings obtained from the research, no significant difference was found between the experimental group students and the control group students’ success and self-efficacy in the electricity transmission unit. It was concluded that there was a significant difference in favor of the experimental group in terms of their attitudes towards the Science course. Some suggestions were made to educators and researchers in line with the results obtained.

scholarly journals Effect of a Stoma Nursing Care Program on the Adjustment of Patients with an Ostomy

Aquichan ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Clementina Prazeres Fernandes Sousa ◽  
Célia Samarina Brito Santos
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Discharge ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Objective: To evaluate the effect of a stoma nursing care program on the personal adjustment to an ostomy. Materials and methods: A quasi-experimental study with a control group. The sample of 105 patients with stoma was divided into two groups (intervention group and control group), with assessments in the first and sixth month after hospital discharge. Information was collected using the Elimination Ostomy Adjustment Scale. Student’s t-tests analysis were performed. Results: One month after hospital discharge, the adjustment to the stoma was satisfactory and similar (p > 0.05) in both groups, and in the sixth month, statistically more favorable in the intervention group (p < 0.001); a statistically significant difference between the two assessments (p < 0.001) is found in the intervention group only. Conclusions: The intervention program has a positive influence on the adjustment to the stoma, and its contribution is significant six months after hospital discharge. Systematic interventions of an ostomy care specialized nurse have shown positive effects on ostomy adjustment, which is recommended since the preoperative period.

scholarly journals The effect of differentiated instruction on academic achievement of grade eleven students in the field of derivative in Bhutan

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-34
Author(s):  
Kado Kado ◽  
Nedup Dorji ◽  
Nim Dem ◽  
Dorji Om
Keyword(s):  
Differentiated Instruction ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Learning Abilities ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Experimental Group

Given the increasing diversity of students academically and culturally, educators are being called upon to accommodate students' diverse learning requirements through differentiated instruction strategies. In Bhutan, the Ministry of Education recently mandated the implementation of a differentiated instruction strategy in the K-12 curriculum. From this perspective, this study attempted to ascertain the effect of differentiated strategies on grade eleven mathematics students within the framework of the pre_test and post_test quasi-experimental research method. 64 grade eleven students participated in this study. The concept of derivative was taught using a differentiated instruction strategy for the experimental group (N=32) while a conventional one-size fits-all strategy was used for teaching the control group (N=32). A Conceptual Understanding Test on the Derivative (CUTD) was administered as pretest and posttest groups to examine the differences in their learning achievements. A t-test analysis of the pretests indicated no significant differences, indicating that the experimental and control groups' learning abilities on the concept of the derivative were roughly comparable. However, a statistically significant difference in favour of the experimental group over the control group was discovered in the post test analysis. It was recommended that Mathematics teachers and educators should embrace the use of differentiated instruction while teaching and learning derivative.The researchers also recommended that differentiated education be used over a prolonged period of time and with a larger sample size.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Career Guidance Program to Develop Career Awareness among Grade Nine Students in South Al Batinah

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 340
Author(s):  
Muna A. AL-hinai
Keyword(s):  
Career Guidance ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Career Awareness ◽  
Guidance Program ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Experimental Group

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a career guidance program to develop career awareness among grade nine students in South Al Batina. The sample of the study consisted of 103 female and male students and was divided into two groups: the experimental group consisted of 56 male and female students and the control group consisted of 47 female and male students. The experimental group undertoo; a career guidance program while the control group was given normal activities in career guidance. This study adopted a quasi-experimental method. The results of t-test analysis showed a statistically significant difference between the means of the two groups in favor of the experimental group. The results also showed a statistically significant difference between the means of the experimental group in pre- and post implementation of the career awareness scale in favor of the post- implementation, two-way ANOVA showed statistically significance differences among the average responses in the experimental group in career awareness without being affected by student gender or group interaction and gender.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF CONCEPT MAPPING AS A TEACHING STRATEGY ON THE STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT AND INTEREST IN ENGLISH

2021 ◽  
pp. 227-232
Author(s):  
Mr. Rommel P. Manzon
Keyword(s):  
Concept Mapping ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Mapping Strategy ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of concept mapping as a teaching strategy on the students’ achievement and interest in English. It is a quasi-experimental design of non- equivalent pre-test post-test control group is used. Stratified random sampling technique is adapted in selecting the 250 students from the different schools in the Philippines. Two research instruments is developed by the researchers and used for data collection are: Students’ English Achievement Test (STAT) and Students’ Interest Inventory (SII). Mean and Standard Deviation are used to answer the three research questions, while three hypotheses are tested at 0.05 error margins using the t-test analysis. The result of the findings showed that there is significant difference in the mean achievement scores and interest rating of students are exposed to concept mapping strategy in English. There is a significant impact on the gender of the respondents on achievement of students that are exposed to concept mapping strategy. The researchers recommended among other things: the integration of concept mapping strategy in the curriculum, adequate training of English teachers on the use of concept mapping strategy. KEYWORDS: concept mapping; achievement; interest; gender; teaching strategy; and interest in English

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