background: patients with psychological problems after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (cabg) show poorer outcomes; nevertheless, there is a paucity of research into the effects of cardiac rehabilitation programs on such patients. the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of phase iii cardiac rehabilitation programs on the anxiety and quality of life of anxious patients who had...

Stochastic models of closed populations predict eventual extinction with certainty. Consequently, their behavior is often characterized by the quasi-stationary state, i.e. the long-term distribution of population sizes conditional on non-extinction. In contrast, models which allow for immigration exhibit a regular stationary state. At the limit of a low immigration rate, a population is expecte...

OBJECTIVE Although the relationship between religious practice and health is well established, the relationship between spirituality and health is not as well studied. The objective of this study was to ascertain whether participation in the mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program was associated with increases in mindfulness and spirituality, and to examine the associations between mi...

Theory suggests that heightening state mindfulness in meditation practice over time increases trait mindfulness, which benefits psychological health. We prospectively examined individual trajectories of state mindfulness in meditation during a mindfulness-based intervention in relation to changes in trait mindfulness and psychological distress. Each week during the eight-week intervention, part...

Objective: The great progress with the application of a dialysis allows patients with the end-stage renal disease to live in a satisfactory somatic state for many years. This pilot study examined if the psychological intervention improves psychic state of the patients with renal disease undergoing hemodyalisis. Methods: The study was a randomized controlled trial using a convenience sample of 6...

Tatiana S. Pavlova a*, Alla B. Kholmogorova b, c a Center for Emergency Psychological Aid, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia b Faculty of Psychological Counseling, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia c Research Institute of Psychiatry, Federal Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Narcology of the Ministry of Health of the R...

background: spiritual intelligence is defined as the human capacity to ask questions about the ultimate meaning of life and the integrated relationship between us and the world in which we live. it results in an increase in psychological welt-being of individuals as well as having a goal in their life. this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence with ...

introduction: musculoskeletal pain accompanied by psychological problem lead to reduce the efficiency of adolescents; so, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and its association with psychological factors among female adolescents. materials and methods: the target population of this cross sectional study was female students (3625 in total) from both private and ...

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