Comparison Quality of Life and Emotional Processing among Patients with Major Thalassemia, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, and Healthy People

Fahreh, Fatemeh Pourmohammad; Shirazi, Mahmoud

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“…Instead, conscious processing needs a declarative assessment and includes higher cognitive sources to define conscious, sensitive states (13). In emotional processing, emotions are experienced, perceived, and expressed actively, intrinsically, and extrinsically (14). Moreover, emotional processing is directly correlated with health improvement in cancer survivors.…”

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Comparing the Effects of Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Body Image and Emotional Processing in Patients with Colorectal Cancer

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Rezaei-Jamalouei

Emami

et al. 2023

Jundishapur J Chronic Dis Care

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Background: Emotional processing plays an important role in dealing with stress related to chronic diseases. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the effects of psychodynamic group psychotherapy (PGP) and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on body image and emotional processing in patients with colorectal cancer. Methods: This quasi-experimental research adopted a pre-test/post-test control group design with follow-up. The statistical population included all patients with colorectal cancer visiting Poursina Hakim Health Centers of Isfahan in 2022. The convenience sampling method was employed to select 42 participants who were then assigned to a mindfulness-based stress reduction group (eight 150-minute sessions), a psychodynamic group psychotherapy group (fourteen 120-minute sessions), and a control group as simple random sampling. The control group did not receive psychotherapy intervention during the treatment sessions for the experimental groups and was placed on the waiting list. There were 14 participants in each group. The Multidimensional Body-Self-Relations Questionnaire and Emotional Processing Questionnaire were used for data collection in the pre-test, post-test, and follow-up stages. The repeated measures ANOVA were then used for data analysis in SPSS 26. Results: According to the results, both MBSR and PGP improved body image and emotional processing equally and effectively in patients with colorectal cancer (P < 0.001). The effects of both interventions on body image remained constant among patients over time (P < 0.001). However, only the effect of MBSR on emotional processing remained constant and stable over time. Conclusions: PGP and MBSR are therapeutic methods that may positively affect body image and emotional processing in patients with colorectal cancer. Improving body image and emotional processing may lead to improved mental health and adaptability.

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Comparing the Effects of Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Body Image and Emotional Processing in Patients with Colorectal Cancer

Andalib

Rezaei-Jamalouei

Emami

et al. 2023

Jundishapur J Chronic Dis Care

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“…Consistent with this hypothesis, emotional processing deficits have been identified in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures 6 , functional neurological symptoms 7 , irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) 8 , chronic (back) pain 9 , 10 , post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 11 , 12 , substance use disorder 12 , bipolar disorder 10 , and anxiety disorders 13 . Emotional processing deficits do not appear to be specific to psychiatric populations, however, as deficits have also been identified in populations of people with medical conditions such as ischemic heart disease 14 , multiple sclerosis 10 , 15 and type 2 diabetes 16 .…”

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Psychometric properties of the emotional processing scale in individuals with psychiatric symptoms and the development of a brief 15-item version

Maroti

Axelsson

Ljótsson

et al. 2022

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The 25-item Emotional Processing Scale (EPS) can be used with clinical populations, but there is little research on its psychometric properties (factor structure, test–retest reliability, and validity) in individuals with psychiatric symptoms. We administered the EPS-25 to a large sample of people (N = 512) with elevated psychiatric symptoms. We used confirmatory factor analysis to evaluate three a priori models from previous research and then evaluated discriminant and convergent validity against measures of alexithymia (Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20), depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionaire-9), and anxiety symptoms (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7). None of the a priori models achieved acceptable fit, and subsequent exploratory factor analysis did not yield a clear factor solution for the 25 items. A 5-factor model did, however, achieve acceptable fit when we retained only 15 items, and this solution was replicated in a validation sample. Convergent and discriminant validity for this revised version, the EPS-15, was r = − 0.19 to 0.46 vs. TAS-20, r = 0.07− 0.25 vs. PHQ-9, and r = 0.29− 0.57 vs. GAD-7. Test–retest reliability was acceptable (ICC = 0.73). This study strengthens the case for the reliability and validity of the 5-factor structure of the EPS but suggest that only 15 items should be retained. Future studies should further examine the reliability and validity of the EPS-15.

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Causal Structural Covariance Network Suggesting Structural Alterations Progression in Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Zhang

Liu

Guo

et al. 2022

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Background and PurposeAccording to reports, type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a progressive disease. However, no known research has examined the progressive brain structural changes associated with T2D. The purpose of this study was to determine whether T2D patients exhibit progressive brain structural alterations and, if so, how the alterations progress.Materials and MethodsStructural magnetic resonance imaging scans were collected for 81 T2D patients and 48 sex-and age-matched healthy controls (HCs). Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and causal structural covariance network (CaSCN) analyses were applied to investigate gray matter volume (GMV) alterations and the likely chronological processes underlying them in T2D. Two sample t-tests were performed to compare group differences, and the differences were corrected using Gaussian random field (GRF) correction (voxel-level p < 0.001, cluster-level p < 0.01).ResultsOur findings demonstrated that GMV alterations progressed in T2D patients as disease duration increased. In the early stages of the disease, the right temporal pole of T2D patients had GMV atrophy. As the diseases duration prolonged, the limbic system, cerebellum, subcortical structures, parietal cortex, frontal cortex, and occipital cortex progressively exhibited GMV alterations. The patients also exhibited a GMV alterations sequence exerting from the right temporal pole to the limbic-cerebellum-striatal-cortical network areas.ConclusionOur results indicate that the progressive GMV alterations of T2D patients manifested a limbic-cerebellum-striatal-cortical sequence. These findings may contribute to a better understanding of the progression and an improvement of current diagnosis and intervention strategies for T2D.

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Comparison Quality of Life and Emotional Processing among Patients with Major Thalassemia, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, and Healthy People

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Comparing the Effects of Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Body Image and Emotional Processing in Patients with Colorectal Cancer

Comparing the Effects of Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Body Image and Emotional Processing in Patients with Colorectal Cancer

Psychometric properties of the emotional processing scale in individuals with psychiatric symptoms and the development of a brief 15-item version

Causal Structural Covariance Network Suggesting Structural Alterations Progression in Type 2 Diabetes Patients

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