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SM Journal of Hepatitis Research and Treatment

Programme to Improve Psychological and Social Adjustment among Hepatitis C Patients

[ ISSN : 2573-3672 ]

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Received: 28-May-2018

Accepted: 05-Jun-2018

Published: 08-Jun-2018

Awadalla H, El Attik A, Fakhry A and Abdel Wahab I

Department of Medical Sciences, Ain Shams University, Egypt

Corresponding Author:

Awadalla H, Department of Medical Sciences, Ain Shams University, Egypt, Email: hala_awadalla@yahoo.com

Keywords

Cognitive Behavioral; Psychological adjustment; Social development

Abstract

The study to determine the effectiveness of the program Behavioural improve the level of Environmental Compliance for a sample of patients with viral hepatitis (C) due to the risk of hepatitis where liver injury affects all organs of the human body according to the carried out by the liver from a huge amount of jobs and involvement with members of the other for the success of its functions and reached a sample study (30) patients were divided into two groups (15) patients represent a sample pilot was selected to deliberate to ensure the availability of the conditions selected sample them and reluctant to National Institute of the liver to address the drug interferon was their consent to participate in the program of cognitive behavioral through interdependence between sessions mixing cognitive behavioral, which included the definition of injury and protective factors, treatment and use the mechanisms of treatment is cognitive to confront ideas and beliefs of patients negative associated with the future of the injury and the use of a method to relax and follow the approach of rational thinking and immunization against the pressure and the expression of feelings of patients to confirm the capacity of patients to cope and accept to continue the plan therapeutic approved by the doctors To determine the effectiveness of the program applied to and included the study sample control group compared to strong (15) patients subject to take a drug interferon only and use a researcher with the study tools included a measure of Environmental Compliance of the design of the researcher to assess the level of psychological adjustment and social development for patients in the two samples experimental and control groups before and after application of the program and to determine the effectiveness of the program to sample experimental and comparison of results Sample control The results of the study that there are significant differences in favor of measurement post test in the sample experimental subject for the program Cognitive Behavioral with continued eating interferon as a treatment chemical compared to sample the control subject to take a drug interferon as a treatment chemical only in the level of psychological adjustment and social, which refers the effectiveness of the program in improving the compatibility level of viral hepatitis patients (C).

Citation

Awadalla H, El Attik A, Fakhry A and Abdel Wahab I. Programme to Improve Psycological and Social adjustment among Hepatitis C Patients. SM J Hepat Res Treat. 2018; 4(1): 1016. https://dx.doi.org/10.36876/smjhrt.1016