Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
Year:2018 | Volume:20 | Issue:1|Papers Count:6

Background and Objectives: Exercises bring about health. Therefore, knowing what kind of exercise is more effective in individuals’spirituals health indices is important. Thus, the present study aims at comparing the impact of aerobic and anaerobic exercises on the level of depression, anxiety, stress, and happiness of nonathletic male students.Methods: In this clinical trial study, sample included the nonathletic male students of Zahedan Azad University in 2014.90 students were selected through convenience sampling and they were divided randomly into two experimental groups (aerobic and anaerobic) and one control group. The aerobic group must do aerobic exercises and the anaerobic group must do anaerobic exercises for a period of 10 weeks (3 sessions a week, each lasted for 60 minutes). The data were collected using DASS-21 questionnaire for measuring the level of depression, anxiety and stress, and Oxford OHI questionnaire for measuring the amount of happiness before and after the intervention. The results were analyzed using statistical tests of MANCOVA in SPSS-13.Results: The results showed that in both aerobic and anaerobic groups the mean score of depression, anxiety, stress and happiness improved after treatment. However, the improve in the mean score of anxiety, stress and happiness was more apparent in the anaerobic group. The results also showed that only stress and happiness resulted in a significant difference in different groups.Conclusions: Both aerobic and anaerobic exercises result in reduction of stress and Anxiety. So it seems necessary to include such exercises in students’ daily schedule.

Background and Objectives: Some recent studies have proven that an association between inhaled glucocorticostroid and osteoporosis in asthma patients. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of aerobic training program on serum osteocalcin and alkaline phosphatase as formation bone indicators in asthma patients.Methods: In this semi-experimental study, twenty four sedentary middle-aged asthma males treatment with inhaled glucocorticostroid aged 38±6 years; BMI, 31.5±3 kg/m2 were randomized to aerobic training (n=12) and control (n=12) groups. Fasting blood samples (8: 00 - 9: 00 a.m.) were collected from the antecubital vein before and after aerobic training for measure serum osteocalcin and alkaline phosphatase of 2 groups. Anthropometrical markers were also measured in all subjects before and after training program. The exercise program consisted of 40 - 60 minutes on treadmill at intensity range of 55 - 75 (%) of maximal heart rate, 3 times per week for 3 months. Student’s t-tests (Version 15.0, SPSS Inc., IL, USA) were performed to determine whether there were significant within-group changes in the outcomes.Results: Aerobic intervention improved anthropometric parameters (P<0.05). Compared to pre-training, serum osteocalcin increased significantly (P=0.011) after exercise program but was not changed in control subjects. Serum alkaline phosphatase did not significant change in response to aerobic training.Conclusions: Based on these results, our finding indicates that a regular aerobic exercise program is a compensation intervention for osteoporosis in asthma patients with inhaled glucocorticostroid.

Background and Objective: Prosopis farcta fruit (PFF) is known to have antioxidant activity. Antioxidants can reduce and prevent dyslipidemia and hyperglycemic in diabetic patients. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of PFF hydroalcoholic extract on some blood biochemical parameters in insulin resistance model of rats.Methods: In this experimental study, diabetes was induced by feeding the animals with fructose (12% w/v) and soybean (20% dry matter) for 6 weeks followed by a single intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (30 mg/kg). The animals were divided into four groups: 1 and 2) Healthy and diabetic controls; 3 and 4) healthy and diabetic rats receiving PFF (100 mg/kg body weight). The blood samples were collected and the serum concentrations of glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol, HDL-C, LDL-C and VLDL-C were investigated.Results: Streptozotocin increased serum levels of glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol and LDL-C (P<0.05), but PFF extract lowered the serum concentrations of these variables (P<0.05) in diabetic rats.Conclusions: PFF extract might be useful for the treatment of hyperglycemic and hyperlipidemic in diabetic patients.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy (MBCT) on reducing suicidal thoughts and death anxiety of patients with cancer.Materials and Methods: This study was applied and semi-experimental conducted by using pre-test and post-test with a control group. The research community included all patients with cancer who referred to Shahid Mohammadi hospital in Bandar Abbas.It contained 30 cancer patients who were selected through purposive sampling method and randomly placed in two experimental and control groups (15 individuals per group). The members of both groups completed Templer’s death anxiety questionnaire and Beck’s suicidal thoughts before and after the sessions of group therapy (within three months). Findings were analyzed by SPSS software and univariate covariance analysis (ANCOVA) test.Results: The results showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) training significantly reduced the suicidal thoughts and death anxiety in the experimental group (P<0.01).Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, it is essential that medical care and support forums related to refractory patients to reduce psychological symptoms in patients use mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in their treatment programs.

Background: Suicide, as a leading cause of death, needs more attention to discover different aspects of its occurrence and to implement proper programs for prevention and control.Objectives: This study aimed to assess psychological risk factors of suicidal attempts in patients referred to the hospitals.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, demographic characteristics, environmental stressors and three questionnaires [beck scale of suicide ideation (BSSI), quality of life (SF-12), and symptom checklist 90-R (SCL-90-R)], have been collected in all of the patients who were referred to emergency departments affiliated to Babol University of Medical Sciences, during 6 months.Results: One hundred and forty one patients had been included. Mean age of the patients was 26.711.2 (range 11 - 75) years; 54.6% of the patients were in the age-group of 21 - 40 years; females had more suicide attempts and 58.1% of the patients had low education level. The most common method for suicide was drug ingestion (92.9% of the patients). A significant correlation had been observed between quality of life and suicidal ideation (r=- 0.48; P<0.0001). Depression and hostility had the highest mean score among SCL-90-R subscales.Conclusions: More frequent suicides in the second to fourth decades of life, especially in women and the persons who had lower quality of life suggests a need for proper social supports and psychiatric interventions for early detection of suicidal thoughts and necessary treatments for prevention of complete suicide.

Background: Different studies have been done on Hypericum anti-depressant effects, but only a few ones have documented in vivo anti-inflammatory properties ofHypericum following systemic administration.Objectives: This survey was designed to evaluate the potential effects of Hypiran, a hydro-alcoholic extract of St. John’s Wort, for the treatment and controlling inflammation in animal models of ulcerative colitis.Methods: In this experimental study, ulcerative colitis was induced in the male Wistar rats by luminal instillation of acetic acid.Animals in the treatment groups received Hypiran (150 mg/kg PO) or Prednisolone (4 mg/kg PO) daily for 10 consecutive days. At the end, the rats were sacrificed and the disease activity index, the levels of malondialdehyde, myeloperoxidase, nitric oxide, total protein and the concentration of TNF-a, IL-1b and IL-6 were assessed in the colonic homogenized tissue specimens.Results: The results showed that both therapies with Hypiran and Prednisolone could regress the clinical scores and the mortality rate of ulcerative colitis in a comparable manner. The levels of TNF-a, IL-1 b and myeloperoxidase activity were down-regulated in the guts of Prednisolone treated rats more than Hypiran groups. Nevertheless, Hypiran decreased the levels of IL-6, nitric oxide and malondialdehyde more significantly than Prednisolone.Conclusions: Collectively, these data suggest that the Hypiran may be used as a natural source to alleviate the signs of rat model of ulcerative colitis.