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Showing 2 results for Aghamohammadi
Mehdi Rezaee, Zaynab Kazemi, Mostafa Khanzadeh, Fazlollah Miderikvand , Shiva Hashemi, Somayeh Aghamohammadi,
Volume 20, Issue 1 (Scientific Journal of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences 2015)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Neuropsychological dysfunctions in patients with major depression may be related to the risk of committing suicide among them. The purpose of the present study was to compare neuropsychological dysfunctions between patients with non-psychotic major depression with suicide history, without suicide history and normal people.
Method and Materials: This was an ex-post facto study with control group. Using convenience sampling method subjects were selected from the patients referring to Loghman and Imam Hosein hospitals in Tehran. The patients were assigned to 3 groups: patients with major depression and history of suicide (n=16), patients with major depression and without history of suicide (n=17), and normal people (n=22). 3 domains of neuropsychological dysfunction including focused attention, selective attention and cognitive flexibility were assessed by computerized tests of Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), Continued performance Test (CPT) and Stroop Test. Also, we assessed the severity of depression of participants by Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). Using SPSS-16 data were analysed by MANOVA, MANCOVA and one-way ANOVA methods.
Result: The results showed that, with controlling depression, patients with major depression with suicide history showed significantly poorer function in WCST compared to the other two groups. But we did not observe any similar differences in the other 2 tests.
Conclusion: In general, cognitive flexibility is injured more in the patients with major depression and suicide history than in the patients with major depression and without suicide history, which may result in increased risk of committing suicide among these patients.
Keywords: Major depression, Suicide, Neuropsychological functions.
Received: Apr 23, 2014 Accepted: Oct 17, 2014
Gholamreza Nasiri, Ali Bastani, Ali Akbar Haji-Aghamohammadi, Mohamadreza Rashidi Noosh Abadi, Parviz Shahmirzalou, Hossein Khadem Haghighian,
Volume 25, Issue 4 (Scientific Journal of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences 2020)
Abstract
Background and Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of probiotic and alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) supplements, on appetite in overweight people.
Materials and Methods: This study included two phases of weight loss (8 weeks) and weight maintenance (16 weeks). Eighty-eight overweight people were randomly divided into 4 groups: Isocaloric diet with probiotic (500mg), isocaloric diet with ALA (600mg) and probiotic, isocaloric diet with ALA and isocaloric diet with placebo groups. In the second phase, the participants received normal diet with the above - mentioned supplements. At the beginning and end of the first phase and at the end of the second phase, weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), body fat percentage, C-reactive protein (CRP), and appetite were evalauted. We used SPSS software for statistical analysis. Independent sample t-test and ANOVA were used to compare the alterations in the mean values among the groups.
Results: At the end of the first phase, the level of anthropometric changes, inflammatory factor and appetite were significant in the intervention groups, but these changes were higher in the probiotic + ALA group than in the other groups (P <0.05). At the end of the second phase we found significant changes only in the probiotic + ALA group (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Addition of probiotic and ALA supplements to the normal diet can be effective in appetite and weight management and also maintainance of weight loss which may be due to decreased inflammation.
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