Efficacy of Eye Movements Desensitization and Reprocessing on the Quality of Life of the Patients with Myocardial Infarction.

Autor: Salehian T; Department of Midwifery, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr, Iran. mbehnammoghadam@yahoo.com., Saeedinejad S, Behnammoghadam M, Shafiee M, Mohammadhossini S, Behnammoghadam Z, Behnammoghadam A, Ebrahimpour S, Paymard A
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Global journal of health science [Glob J Health Sci] 2016 Oct 01; Vol. 8 (10), pp. 56100. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Oct 01.
DOI: 10.5539/gjhs.v8n10p112
Abstrakt: Myocardial infarction causes limitations in the physical activity and perturbation of quality of life.The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of eye movements desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) on the quality of life of these patients. This study was conducted in two groups as the before and after while the effect of eye movements desensitization and reprocessing on the quality of life of the patients with Myocardial infarction. Sampling was done based on the purposive sampling. Patients were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups (30 patients in each group). Samples were assigned through randomized allocation. In the experimental group, the EMDR method was carried out on the patients in five 90-minute sessions over a two week period. In the control group no intervention was received. Data of Quality of life, pre-treatment, post-treatment were analyzed using SPSS. The results showed that the quality of life increase in all its dimensions of the experimental group, after performing the EMDR therapy significantly (P=0.001). Treatment what has already been stated, was effective on the quality of life in patients. Treatment team members can use this method as an effective intervention in order to improve the quality of life of their patients.
Databáze: MEDLINE