Aim and Background:Inflammatory bowel disease has clinical features and therapeutic interventions that can greatly impact patients' psychological function and personal relationships. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of yoga and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on negative and positive emotions and cognitive emotion regulation in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Methods and Materials:The design of the present study was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population of this study included inflammatory bowel patients in Isfahan. The study sample consisted of 30 patients with inflammatory bowel disease who were selected by purposive sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Participants in the pre-intervention and post-intervention stages to the questionnaire فهPositive and Negative Emotions وWatson et al. (1988) and Garnfsky et al. (2002) responded to the cognitive regulation of emotion. The experimental group underwent yoga-based cognitive therapy based on 8 sessions of 90 minutes, while the control group did not receive any intervention. Data were analyzed using variable covariance analysis and SPSS22 software. Findings:The results of comparing the experimental group with the control group showed that negative emotions and cognitive regulation of emotion were significantly different from the control group. Yoga and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy significantly affect negative and positive emotions (p <0.05). It also had a significant effect on the cognitive regulation of emotion, except for the dimensions of acceptance and blame of people with inflammatory bowel disease (p <0.05). Conclusions:In general, the results indicate the effect of yoga-based mindfulness cognitive therapy on negative emotions and positive emotions and cognitive emotion regulation in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and can be considered as an important and key intervention alongside drug therapies in patients. Inflammation of the intestine is used. Also, the results of this research can be used by health psychologists.
Aim and Background:Health tourism is becoming one of the most important branches of the industry. The health industry can act as a driving industry and develop side industries as well. Iran is one of the countries that, in addition to natural attractions, also has good capabilities in the field of treatment, and despite all these potentials, a suitable mechanism for targeting this industry has not been developed in Iran. Materials and Methods:The present study seeks to provide a providing a model of positive emotions and behavior in health tourism. The statistical population of this research includes health tourists of Adel Hospital in Tehran. The sampling method is being used in several cases. And considering that the statistical population was unlimited, the sample size of 384 people was determined using Morgan's table. A questionnaire has been used to collect the needs and the data analysis has been done using structural models and with the help of SPSS and LISREL software. Findings:The results of data analysis showed that pleasure affects satisfaction by 5.80, pleasure affects loyalty by 3.34, arousal affects satisfaction by 6.55, and arousal affects loyalty by 7.89 (P<0.05). Conclusion:It is suggested that service providers and managers of health tourism, by focusing on positive emotions and considering the potential of health tourism in Iran, will create positive behavioral tendencies in health tourists, which will ultimately make better themselves than regional and equal levelcountries.
