Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Its Effects on Psychoimmunological Factors of Chemically Pulmonary Injured Veterans
Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a treatment program for relieving stress and coping with chronic illnesses. In recent three decades, studies have shown that MBSR has a positive effect on physical and psychological dimensions of chronic illnesses. Chemically pulmonary injured veterans ha...
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| author | Zahra Arefnasab Abdolreza Babamahmoodi Farhang Babamahmoodi Ahmad Ali Noorbala Ahmad Alipour Yunes Panahi Jamal Shams Farhad Riazi Rad Vahid Khaze Mostafa Ghanei |
| author_facet | Zahra Arefnasab Abdolreza Babamahmoodi Farhang Babamahmoodi Ahmad Ali Noorbala Ahmad Alipour Yunes Panahi Jamal Shams Farhad Riazi Rad Vahid Khaze Mostafa Ghanei |
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| description | Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a treatment program for relieving stress and coping with chronic illnesses. In recent three decades, studies have shown that MBSR has a positive effect on physical and psychological dimensions of chronic illnesses. Chemically pulmonary injured veterans have chronic pulmonary and psychological problems due to mustard gas exposure and complications of Iran-Iraq war. These stresses have negative effects on their general health and immune system. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study conducted on psychoneuroimmunology and MBSR in these patients. Forty male pulmonary injured veterans were randomly divided in two groups with 20 participants (MBSR and wait-list control). Then MBSR group received 8 weekly sessions of intervention. We tested mental health based on general health questionnaire (GHQ)-28 questionnaire, health-related quality of life (based on St. George respiratory questionnaire (SGRQ) ) and immunity in MBSR groups; before and after intervention "mixed factorial analyses of variance" test was used for analyzing data fpr each dependent variable and appropriate t-tests were done in The necessary condition. Results showed that mental health and health- related quality of life, in MBSR group compared to wait-list control improved [F (1,38)=26.46, p<0.001; F (1,38)=49.52, p<0.001 respectively] significantly. Moreover, a significant increase was reported in the lymphocyte proliferation with phytohemagglutinin (PHA) [F (1,38)=16.24, p<0.001], and peripheral blood IL-17 [F (1,38)=56.71, p<0.001] However, lymphocyte (CD4+, CD8+, and NK-cell) percentages were not affected significantly [F (1,38)=2.21, p=0.14] ,[F (1,38)=0.90, p=0.78] and [F (1,38)=1.79, p=0.18], respectively. This study suggests that MBSR may be a new treatment approach for improving immunity and overall health in chemically pulmonary injured veterans. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-719077169541433291569bcdcfd1d7212022-12-22T00:11:34ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology1735-15021735-52492017-12-01156653Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Its Effects on Psychoimmunological Factors of Chemically Pulmonary Injured VeteransZahra Arefnasab0Abdolreza Babamahmoodi1Farhang Babamahmoodi2Ahmad Ali Noorbala3Ahmad Alipour4Yunes Panahi5Jamal Shams6Farhad Riazi Rad7Vahid Khaze8Mostafa Ghanei9California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, California, USAHealth Management Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranAntimicrobial Resistance Research Center, Department of Infectious Diseases, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, IranDepartment of Psychiatry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, IranChemical Injuries Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Psychiatry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Immunology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, IranDepartment of Immunology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, IranChemical Injuries Research Center,Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AND Department of Immunology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, IranMindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a treatment program for relieving stress and coping with chronic illnesses. In recent three decades, studies have shown that MBSR has a positive effect on physical and psychological dimensions of chronic illnesses. Chemically pulmonary injured veterans have chronic pulmonary and psychological problems due to mustard gas exposure and complications of Iran-Iraq war. These stresses have negative effects on their general health and immune system. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study conducted on psychoneuroimmunology and MBSR in these patients. Forty male pulmonary injured veterans were randomly divided in two groups with 20 participants (MBSR and wait-list control). Then MBSR group received 8 weekly sessions of intervention. We tested mental health based on general health questionnaire (GHQ)-28 questionnaire, health-related quality of life (based on St. George respiratory questionnaire (SGRQ) ) and immunity in MBSR groups; before and after intervention "mixed factorial analyses of variance" test was used for analyzing data fpr each dependent variable and appropriate t-tests were done in The necessary condition. Results showed that mental health and health- related quality of life, in MBSR group compared to wait-list control improved [F (1,38)=26.46, p<0.001; F (1,38)=49.52, p<0.001 respectively] significantly. Moreover, a significant increase was reported in the lymphocyte proliferation with phytohemagglutinin (PHA) [F (1,38)=16.24, p<0.001], and peripheral blood IL-17 [F (1,38)=56.71, p<0.001] However, lymphocyte (CD4+, CD8+, and NK-cell) percentages were not affected significantly [F (1,38)=2.21, p=0.14] ,[F (1,38)=0.90, p=0.78] and [F (1,38)=1.79, p=0.18], respectively. This study suggests that MBSR may be a new treatment approach for improving immunity and overall health in chemically pulmonary injured veterans.https://ijaai.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijaai/article/view/817CD4 CD8 IL-17Lymphocyte proliferationMindfulnessMental health |
| spellingShingle | Zahra Arefnasab Abdolreza Babamahmoodi Farhang Babamahmoodi Ahmad Ali Noorbala Ahmad Alipour Yunes Panahi Jamal Shams Farhad Riazi Rad Vahid Khaze Mostafa Ghanei Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Its Effects on Psychoimmunological Factors of Chemically Pulmonary Injured Veterans Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology CD4 CD8 IL-17 Lymphocyte proliferation Mindfulness Mental health |
| title | Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Its Effects on Psychoimmunological Factors of Chemically Pulmonary Injured Veterans |
| title_full | Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Its Effects on Psychoimmunological Factors of Chemically Pulmonary Injured Veterans |
| title_fullStr | Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Its Effects on Psychoimmunological Factors of Chemically Pulmonary Injured Veterans |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Its Effects on Psychoimmunological Factors of Chemically Pulmonary Injured Veterans |
| title_short | Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Its Effects on Psychoimmunological Factors of Chemically Pulmonary Injured Veterans |
| title_sort | mindfulness based stress reduction mbsr and its effects on psychoimmunological factors of chemically pulmonary injured veterans |
| topic | CD4 CD8 IL-17 Lymphocyte proliferation Mindfulness Mental health |
| url | https://ijaai.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijaai/article/view/817 |
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