Pub Date : 2023-03-09DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0028.3546
Elmossati Mohamed Salim, Ahami Ahmed Omar Touhami, H. Oudda
The present study was conducted to investigate occupational stress and general health among university professors, stress is measured by the Walter Gmelch Index (FSI), while general health was screened by the D. Goldberg GHQ-28 test. A collection of qualitative and quantitative data was carried out under the assumption that the stress at work perceived by the person correlates with his general health result.One hundred and twenty-five students (101 men, 20 women; aged 29-62) took part in this study with a kit that includes the two indices (FSI and GHQ-28) and a set of sociodemographic variables.The results revealed that a large part of the participants suffering from chronic stress and almost half of the subjects (48.76%) suffering from psychic disorders or somatization. The study also affirms our starting hypothesis on a significant correlation between the general state of health and the state of perceived stress. Statistical analysis also reveals a correlation between GHQ and certain institutional variables (grade and seniority at work).This study expresses the importance of a psychological first aid kit available to health professionals which makes it possible to estimate the prevalence of psychological distress in a given population and to detect psychosomatic cases which escape the general practitioner.
{"title":"JOB STRESS AND GENERAL HEALTH AMONG UNIVERSITY TEACHERS IN THE MOROCCAN CONTEXT","authors":"Elmossati Mohamed Salim, Ahami Ahmed Omar Touhami, H. Oudda","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0028.3546","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0028.3546","url":null,"abstract":"The present study was conducted to investigate occupational stress and general health among university professors, stress is measured by the Walter Gmelch Index (FSI), while general health was screened by the D. Goldberg GHQ-28 test. A collection of qualitative and quantitative data was carried out under the assumption that the stress at work perceived by the person correlates with his general health result.One hundred and twenty-five students (101 men, 20 women; aged 29-62) took part in this study with a kit that includes the two indices (FSI and GHQ-28) and a set of sociodemographic variables.The results revealed that a large part of the participants suffering from chronic stress and almost half of the subjects (48.76%) suffering from psychic disorders or somatization. The study also affirms our starting hypothesis on a significant correlation between the general state of health and the state of perceived stress. Statistical analysis also reveals a correlation between GHQ and certain institutional variables (grade and seniority at work).This study expresses the importance of a psychological first aid kit available to health professionals which makes it possible to estimate the prevalence of psychological distress in a given population and to detect psychosomatic cases which escape the general practitioner.","PeriodicalId":43280,"journal":{"name":"Acta Neuropsychologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41541794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-09DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0016.3139
Samira Arji, Mounia Elhaddadi, Ahmed Omar Touhami Ahami, R. Ziri
Work stress or job-strain and iso-strain are perceived when there is a conflict between the demands placed on a person and their resources to cope with them. They have negative effects on worker health, and organizational productivity and performance. Our study consists of evaluating work stress and its components.102 workers of different functions (senior managers, supervisors, technicians and executing workers) volunteered and were invited to complete anonymously the Karasek questionnaire (JCQ).The analysis of the results showed a significant prevalence of iso-strain and job-strain. Thus, low decision latitude and high psychological demands are the most widespread stress factors.These results show the need to disseminate information and prevention programs against work stress to managers and staff to ensure the effective performance of a company.
{"title":"WORK STRESS AMONG WORKERS OF A MOROCCAN COMPANY","authors":"Samira Arji, Mounia Elhaddadi, Ahmed Omar Touhami Ahami, R. Ziri","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0016.3139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0016.3139","url":null,"abstract":"Work stress or job-strain and iso-strain are perceived when there is a conflict between the demands placed on a person and their resources to cope with them. They have negative effects on worker health, and organizational productivity and performance. Our study consists of evaluating work stress and its components.102 workers of different functions (senior managers, supervisors, technicians and executing workers) volunteered and were invited to complete anonymously the Karasek questionnaire (JCQ).The analysis of the results showed a significant prevalence of iso-strain and job-strain. Thus, low decision latitude and high psychological demands are the most widespread stress factors.These results show the need to disseminate information and prevention programs against work stress to managers and staff to ensure the effective performance of a company.","PeriodicalId":43280,"journal":{"name":"Acta Neuropsychologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43489807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-09DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0016.3223
Hamid El Oirdi, Aziz Eloirdi, A. Ahami, A. Koutaya
Motivation and mental skills have an important place in learning and performance. The objective of this work is to study the relationship between different forms of motivation and mental skills in physical education and sport.202 high school students including 100 boys (mean age = 17.2 1.2 years) and 102 girls (mean age = 16.4 1.3 years) participated in this study. In order to assess mental skills, we used the Ottawa Mental Skills Assessment Tool-3 test; and to assess different forms of motivation, we used the Scale of Motivation in Sports-28.The principal component analysis identified three components that represent 53% of total inertia. We named these components: intrinsic commitment, cognitive-emotional control and extrinsic commitment. At the end of this study, there is a strong relationship between different forms of motivation and mental skills in physical education and sport.There is a strong relationship between mental skills and different forms of motivation. These are strongly linked neuropsychological processes. More precisely, developing students' mental skills is developing their motivation. Therefore, the pedagogical interventions of teachers of physical and sports education must encourage the development of these neuropsychological skills, through a more suitable content that affects both the motor, cognitive and emotional aspects of the student. In perspective, there is a need to develop a test that assesses both mental skills and forms of motivation, the components of which will be intrinsic commitment, cognitive-emotional control and extrinsic commitment.
{"title":"THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FORMS OF MOTIVATION AND MENTAL SKILLS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT","authors":"Hamid El Oirdi, Aziz Eloirdi, A. Ahami, A. Koutaya","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0016.3223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0016.3223","url":null,"abstract":"Motivation and mental skills have an important place in learning and performance. The objective of this work is to study the relationship between different forms of motivation and mental skills in physical education and sport.202 high school students including 100 boys (mean age = 17.2 1.2 years) and 102 girls (mean age = 16.4 1.3 years) participated in this study. In order to assess mental skills, we used the Ottawa Mental Skills Assessment Tool-3 test; and to assess different forms of motivation, we used the Scale of Motivation in Sports-28.The principal component analysis identified three components that represent 53% of total inertia. We named these components: intrinsic commitment, cognitive-emotional control and extrinsic commitment. At the end of this study, there is a strong relationship between different forms of motivation and mental skills in physical education and sport.There is a strong relationship between mental skills and different forms of motivation. These are strongly linked neuropsychological processes. More precisely, developing students' mental skills is developing their motivation. Therefore, the pedagogical interventions of teachers of physical and sports education must encourage the development of these neuropsychological skills, through a more suitable content that affects both the motor, cognitive and emotional aspects of the student. In perspective, there is a need to develop a test that assesses both mental skills and forms of motivation, the components of which will be intrinsic commitment, cognitive-emotional control and extrinsic commitment.","PeriodicalId":43280,"journal":{"name":"Acta Neuropsychologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45621661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-11-13DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0016.1226
Samira Arji, Mounia Elhaddadi, Ahmed Omar Touhami Ahami, R. Ziri
SUMMARY Depending on its stage, stress influences cognitive functions. Indeed, several authors have ensured the degradation of cognitive functions by stress. Others did not find any association between the two. A third group of authors claimed that stress improves the performance of certain cognitive functions. Faced with this inconsistency of results, we conducted this study with the aim of finding out whether job stress alters or stimulates cognitive functions. Our study focused on 102 workers who were asked to freely and anonymously complete a questionnaire deemed relevant at the international scale. The age of the participants is between 22 and 60 years old with an average of 37 years and a standard deviation of 11 years.The population is made up of 77% of men and 23% of women. For the school level of the subjects: 50% of the subjects have a level bac to bac+2, 30% have a level higher than bac+2 and 20% have a level lower than bac. The professional status of workers is divided into three types: 48% are supervisors and technicians, 32% are ex- ecuting workers and 20% are senior managers. The participants underwent two neurocognitive tests using the ELIAN software. Analysis of the results shows that there is no significant link between work stress and the cognitive functions studied. However, the analysis of the results of each socio-professional category separately shows that stress significantly reduces the visual working memory score of young people (< 40 years old), as well as the ability to concentrate of subjects with a school level higher than bac+2. While it improves visual perception in men and old people over the age of 40. There are significant links between some cognitive performances and the socio-professional characteristics of the stressed subjects. Therefore, work stress can affect neurocognitive health, which is more serious. In order to understand the relationship between work or chronic stress and cognition as well as their moderating factors, it is advisable to increase the size of the sample and to diversify the cognitive functions studied as well as their tasks.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-13DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0016.1340
C. Grzywniak, T. Kwiatkowski, Mikołaj Kobos, M. Trystuła
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is effective in the management of patients with depression and anxiety. However, it is not known if it is effective in the case of anxiety and depression following SARS-CoV2 and NeuroCOVID-19 infection. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of stimulating the brain with the use of a tDCS protocol ameliorated by a functional neuromarker, and here based on HBI methodology to reduce anxiety and depression following SARS-CoV2 infection and NeuroCOVID-19 contraction. A 47-year-old patient manifested severe anxiety and depression following a stroke following SARS-CoV2 infection and Neuro- COVID-19 contraction. The anxiety and depression were diagnosed using the HAD-Scale (Zigmond, Snaith 1983). A score of 8 to 10 is broad ly accepted as indicating mild symptoms, a score between 11- 16 suggests moderate anxiety or depression, and a score of 16 or more indicates severe anxiety or depressive symptoms. The patient received anodal tDCS to the left DLPFC using two different application protocols. Initially, a stimulation session of 2 milliamperes (mA) intensity for 20 minutes was administered every working day for 2 weeks. After 3 weeks, she subsequently received 7 daily sessions of periodic stimulations of an intensity of 2 mA for 13 minutes each with 20 minutes intersession intervals for 1 week. It was found that tDCS delivered via the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) was effective in the reduction of post-stroke anxiety and depression following SARS- CoV2 infection and NeuroCOVID-19 contraction. Immediately follow- ing the final session of the initial protocol of stimulation, the Had Score was reduced for anxiety from 18 to 6 points, and for depression from 17 to 5 points and the symptoms disappeared. The HBI methodology allowed for the detection of a functional neuromarker of anxiety and depression and the development of a tDCS protocol. It was found that tDCS delivered via the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) was effective in the reduction of post-stroke anxiety and depression following SARS-CoV2 infection and NeuroCOVID-19 contraction.
{"title":"TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION (TDCS) FOR POST- STROKE ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION FOLLOWING SARS-COV2 INFECTION AND NEUROCOVID-19 CONTRACTION","authors":"C. Grzywniak, T. Kwiatkowski, Mikołaj Kobos, M. Trystuła","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0016.1340","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0016.1340","url":null,"abstract":"Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is effective in the management of patients with depression and anxiety. However, it is not known if it is effective in the case of anxiety and depression following SARS-CoV2 and NeuroCOVID-19 infection. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of stimulating the brain with the use of a tDCS protocol ameliorated by a functional neuromarker, and here based on HBI methodology to reduce anxiety and depression following SARS-CoV2 infection and NeuroCOVID-19 contraction.\u0000\u0000A 47-year-old patient manifested severe anxiety and depression following a stroke following SARS-CoV2 infection and Neuro- COVID-19 contraction. The anxiety and depression were diagnosed using the HAD-Scale (Zigmond, Snaith 1983). A score of 8 to 10 is broad ly accepted as indicating mild symptoms, a score between 11- 16 suggests moderate anxiety or depression, and a score of 16 or more indicates severe anxiety or depressive symptoms. The patient received anodal tDCS to the left DLPFC using two different application protocols. Initially, a stimulation session of 2 milliamperes (mA) intensity for 20 minutes was administered every working day for 2 weeks. After 3 weeks, she subsequently received 7 daily sessions of periodic stimulations of an intensity of 2 mA for 13 minutes each with 20 minutes intersession intervals for 1 week. It was found that tDCS delivered via the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) was effective in the reduction of post-stroke anxiety and depression following SARS- CoV2 infection and NeuroCOVID-19 contraction. Immediately follow- ing the final session of the initial protocol of stimulation, the Had Score was reduced for anxiety from 18 to 6 points, and for depression from 17 to 5 points and the symptoms disappeared.\u0000\u0000The HBI methodology allowed for the detection of a functional neuromarker of anxiety and depression and the development of a tDCS protocol. It was found that tDCS delivered via the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) was effective in the reduction of post-stroke anxiety and depression following SARS-CoV2 infection and NeuroCOVID-19 contraction.\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":43280,"journal":{"name":"Acta Neuropsychologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42816151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-11-13DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0016.2024
M. Pąchalska
The purpose of the study was twofold: 1) to evaluate the effectiveness of goal-oriented neuropsychological rehabilitation, with EEG-Neurofeedback, developed for a visual artist with PTSD resulting from infection with SARS-CoV-2, followed by severe course of neuroCovid and the sequelae of long term pharmacological coma, 2) to evaluate QEEG/ERP results showing a reduction of late-onset PTSD symptoms (as defined by DSM-5) over the course of the subject’s rehabilitation. The present study describes a 67-year-old right-handed visual artist with PTSD after infection with SARS-CoV-2, resulting in severe course of COVID-19 complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). She was send at ICU, put on a respirator and treated with analgesic sedation during 13 weeks of pharmacologically induced coma. After returning home she received rehabilitation to improve motor functioning, and was referred for further diagnosis and therapy to the Reintegration and Training Center of the Polish Neuropsychological Society. In neuropsychological diagnosis she presented with neurocognitive dysfunctions, including lost ability to paint. In the course of rehabilitation she received: 1. Program A consisted in goal-oriented neuropsychological rehabilitation, including art therapy, aimed at the reduction of the neurocognitive dysfunctions (Pąchalska 2008). This program lasted for 9 months (from the beginning of March till the end of November 2022). 2. Program B based on the most commonly used form of EEG-Neurofeedback: frequency/ ower EEG-Neurofeedback, using 2 bipolar surface electrodes, called “surface neurofeedback” (Kropotov 2016). She received Theta/Beta, SMR training on C3, including (1) strengthening Beta1 and inhibiting Theta + inhibiting Beta 2,and (2) at C4, strengthening SMR and inhibiting Theta + inhibiting Beta, based on the international 10-20 system (Thompson & Thompson 2012). This program was given after a diagnosis of PTSD with late onset symptoms (as defined by DSM-5), from the beginning of August till the end of November, twice a week. Almost all the short and the long-term side effects of neuroCOVID (including the PTSD) were reduced in magnitude. The artist showed marked improvement and was able to return to painting. The artwork she made after her illness is in high demand with art collectors, which has improved the patient's quality of life. Goal-oriented neuropsychological rehabilitation, with EEG-Neurofeedback administered for patient with PTSD resulting from infection with SARS-CoV-2, followed by severe course of neuroCovid symptoms and the sequelae of long term pharmacological coma, might be helpful in the reduction of short and long term neurocognitive dysfunctions, including the reduction of PTSD symptoms.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-13DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0016.1284
Y. Nakagawa, Yurika Nishida, Sakura Tsurusaki, Sumie Yamada
Anxiety increases self-focused attention and rumination. Individuals with anxiety are sensitive to being watched by others, as being watched provokes self-referential processing and induces thoughts regarding others perceptions of oneself. However, whether the neural sensitivity to being watched depends on the level of anxiety remains unclear.We investigated the relationship between anxiety and the neural sensitivity to being watched by others.The anxiety of 25 healthy participants (mean age standard deviation, 23.08 1.71 years; 12 men and 13 women) was evaluated using the Spielberger StateTrait Anxiety Inventory. Resting state electroencephalography data was collected under the alone condition and the condition of being watched by another person. By subtracting the phase lag value between the two conditions, we determined the alterations in participants functional networks when they were being watched. We then found the correlation between the Spielberger StateTrait Anxiety Inventory scores and reactivity of functional connectivity when being watched.The score of state anxiety was significantly correlated with increased phase lag values in the left precuneus, bilateral caudal anterior cingulate cortex, and right rostral middle frontal cortex in the beta band (p< 0.05). We found no significant correlation between the trait anxiety scores and altered phase lag values.Functional connectivity may be involved in the default mode network relevant to self-referential processing and the dorsal attentional network. Our results suggest that self-focused mental processing and sensitivity to being watched by others could be common in people with anxiety, thus expanding the current understanding of the cognitive mechanisms behind anxiety.
{"title":"ALTERATIONS IN FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY: BEING WATCHED AS AN INDICATOR OF STATE ANXIETY","authors":"Y. Nakagawa, Yurika Nishida, Sakura Tsurusaki, Sumie Yamada","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0016.1284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0016.1284","url":null,"abstract":"Anxiety increases self-focused attention and rumination. Individuals with anxiety are sensitive to being watched by others, as being watched provokes self-referential processing and induces thoughts regarding others perceptions of oneself. However, whether the neural sensitivity to being watched depends on the level of anxiety remains unclear.We investigated the relationship between anxiety and the neural sensitivity to being watched by others.The anxiety of 25 healthy participants (mean age standard deviation, 23.08 1.71 years; 12 men and 13 women) was evaluated using the Spielberger StateTrait Anxiety Inventory. Resting state electroencephalography data was collected under the alone condition and the condition of being watched by another person. By subtracting the phase lag value between the two conditions, we determined the alterations in participants functional networks when they were being watched. We then found the correlation between the Spielberger StateTrait Anxiety Inventory scores and reactivity of functional connectivity when being watched.The score of state anxiety was significantly correlated with increased phase lag values in the left precuneus, bilateral caudal anterior cingulate cortex, and right rostral middle frontal cortex in the beta band (p< 0.05). We found no significant correlation between the trait anxiety scores and altered phase lag values.Functional connectivity may be involved in the default mode network relevant to self-referential processing and the dorsal attentional network. Our results suggest that self-focused mental processing and sensitivity to being watched by others could be common in people with anxiety, thus expanding the current understanding of the cognitive mechanisms behind anxiety.","PeriodicalId":43280,"journal":{"name":"Acta Neuropsychologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44707460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-11-13DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0016.0894
Jamal Ksiksou, Lhoussaine Maskour, Bouchta El Batri, Moulay Smail Alaoui
Mindfulness-based stress reduction has been shown to be effective in reducing stress levels and developing emotional competencies in nursing students, however, in some countries such as Morocco, this practice remains unexplored. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of a mindful- ness-based stress reduction program on nursing students. The study used a quasi-experimental design in a single pre- test-post-test group with 20 nursing students from the Higher Institute of Nursing Professions and Health Techniques of Tetouan. Data were collected using a personal information form, the Perceived Stress Scale in Clinical Practicum (PSS- CP), and the Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS). The results of the study indicate that the students' mean score on the PSS-CP scale was 2.19 ± 1.35 in the pretest, but decreased to 1.89 ± 1.28 in the posttest (p < .05). While the students' mean EIS score was 3.44 ± 1.26 in the pretest, it in creased to 3.76 ± 1.19 in the posttest (p < 0.05). A statistically significant relationship was found between perceived stress and EIS scores (r = 0.864, p < 0.05). Mindfulness-based stress reduction program training can improve psychological health by developing emotional competence and reducing stress in nursing students.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-13DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0016.1050
Hisham Barakat Hussein, S. Alshammari, Ibtisam A. Alanazi, Gharam M. Alenzy, Renad H. Alrashidy
Social and cultural factors can lead to gender-biased expectations in physical therapy (PT) career. In Saudi Arabia, female physical therapists might be undergoing more cultural competencies than males to develop their career. This study aimed to investigate whether there are differences between men and women physical therapists (PTs) in their career expectations in Saudi Arabia. We tested 496 responses 192 (38.7%) were males and 307 (61.3%) were females. 325 (65.5%) responses were obtained from students including those in the internship year while the rest of the responses 171 (34.5%) were from graduated PTs. A descriptive cross-sectional study was undertaken using a questionnaire sent electronically to PT students and graduates in Ha’il City, Saudi Arabia. The answers to questions regarding the future career expectation and the perception of PT career among other healthcare professions were analyzed. Statistically higher female numbers were expected to conduct research activity, become faculty teaching staff, continue their education, and attend special courses. No sex-related differences were found regarding the expectation to occupy a governmental job, own a private business and participate as an active member of the Saudi Physical Therapy Association. A higher proportion of females see that PT practice is as independent and prestigious as other medical and health specialties. Both genders considered PT is an prestigious as other heakth professions. There are sex-related differences in PT career expectations and the perception of PT career compared to other healthcare professions.
{"title":"SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN PHYSICAL THERAPY CAREER EXPECTATIONS IN HA’IL, SAUDI ARABIA","authors":"Hisham Barakat Hussein, S. Alshammari, Ibtisam A. Alanazi, Gharam M. Alenzy, Renad H. Alrashidy","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0016.1050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0016.1050","url":null,"abstract":"Social and cultural factors can lead to gender-biased expectations in physical therapy (PT) career. In Saudi Arabia, female physical therapists might be undergoing more cultural competencies than males to develop their career. This study aimed to investigate whether there are differences between men and women physical therapists (PTs) in their career expectations in Saudi Arabia.\u0000\u0000We tested 496 responses 192 (38.7%) were males and 307 (61.3%) were females. 325 (65.5%) responses were obtained from students including those in the internship year while the rest of the responses 171 (34.5%) were from graduated PTs. A descriptive cross-sectional study was undertaken using a questionnaire sent electronically to PT students and graduates in Ha’il City, Saudi Arabia. The answers to questions regarding the future career expectation and the perception of PT career among other healthcare professions were analyzed.\u0000\u0000Statistically higher female numbers were expected to conduct research activity, become faculty teaching staff, continue their education, and attend special courses. No sex-related differences were found regarding the expectation to occupy a governmental job, own a private business and participate as an active member of the Saudi Physical Therapy Association. A higher proportion of females see that PT practice is as independent and prestigious as other medical and health specialties. Both genders considered PT is an prestigious as other heakth professions.\u0000\u0000There are sex-related differences in PT career expectations and the perception of PT career compared to other healthcare professions.\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":43280,"journal":{"name":"Acta Neuropsychologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41660437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-11-13DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0016.1339
Shinta Estri Wahyuningrum, A. Sulastri, M. Hendriks, Indonesian NP Consortium, G. van Luijtelaar
Indonesia lacks standardized and adapted neuropsychological tests, which hampers their use in clinical practice. Recently, an Indonesian Neuropsychological Consortium has initiated the adaptation of ten internationally commonly used tests for use in Indonesia. Here, we report the analyses of the psychometric properties, including preliminary normative data, the reliability, the underlying cognitive constructs, and the effects of age and education on these constructs as validity indicators.Four hundred ninety healthy adults living on Java Island participated in this study. All subjects completed the Indonesian Neuropsychological Test Battery (INTB) for diagnosis of various cognitive functions. The test-retest reliability was determined in a parallel study with fifty participants.Underlying cognitive constructs were assessed with Principal Component Analysis (PCA) revealed seven constructs that accounted for 62.84% of the total variance, and the goodness of fit of the model was good. ANOVAs showed significant effects of age on six constructs (i.e., speed of visuospatial information processing, auditory short-term and working memory, speed and inhibitory control, and verbal learning ability). Age effects were not found for executive internal language. All constructs showed effects of education, except for recall and verbal learning ability.Interestingly, as expected, not all constructs showed the same age-dependent decline, and if present, all seem to be unique. It is concluded that the psychometric properties of the INTB justify their usage for the Indonesian population.
{"title":"THE INDONESIAN NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST BATTERY (INTB): PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES, PRELIMINARY NORMATIVE SCORES, THE UNDERLYING COGNITIVE CONSTRUCTS, AND THE EFFECTS OF AGE AND EDUCATION","authors":"Shinta Estri Wahyuningrum, A. Sulastri, M. Hendriks, Indonesian NP Consortium, G. van Luijtelaar","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0016.1339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0016.1339","url":null,"abstract":"Indonesia lacks standardized and adapted neuropsychological tests, which hampers their use in clinical practice. Recently, an Indonesian Neuropsychological Consortium has initiated the adaptation of ten internationally commonly used tests for use in Indonesia. Here, we report the analyses of the psychometric properties, including preliminary normative data, the reliability, the underlying cognitive constructs, and the effects of age and education on these constructs as validity indicators.Four hundred ninety healthy adults living on Java Island participated in this study. All subjects completed the Indonesian Neuropsychological Test Battery (INTB) for diagnosis of various cognitive functions. The test-retest reliability was determined in a parallel study with fifty participants.Underlying cognitive constructs were assessed with Principal Component Analysis (PCA) revealed seven constructs that accounted for 62.84% of the total variance, and the goodness of fit of the model was good. ANOVAs showed significant effects of age on six constructs (i.e., speed of visuospatial information processing, auditory short-term and working memory, speed and inhibitory control, and verbal learning ability). Age effects were not found for executive internal language. All constructs showed effects of education, except for recall and verbal learning ability.Interestingly, as expected, not all constructs showed the same age-dependent decline, and if present, all seem to be unique. It is concluded that the psychometric properties of the INTB justify their usage for the Indonesian population.","PeriodicalId":43280,"journal":{"name":"Acta Neuropsychologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45132814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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