Naqi Mozaffari, Ali-Asghar Asghanejad Farid , Masoumeh Dejman, Fahimeh Fathali Lavasani , Mohammad Faranoush,
Volume 22, Issue 2 (Summer 2016)
Abstract
Objectives: The aim of this study was to understand the experience and meaning of life in children with cancer that in this article present the god concept as one of its themes. Method: Current study is a qualitative descriptive phenomenological research. The sample includes 7 children with cancer selected using convenience sampling based on the most heterogeneity of samples. They were deeply interviewed. Data were analyzed using Colaizze method. Results: Based on the analysis of the data, ''the belief in God as being superior", was extracted as one of the main themes. This theme includes two sub-themes: 1) Faith in God and His satisfaction, and 2) Life as a context of divine testing. Conclusion: Belief in God, play an important role in understanding the meaning of life and the formation of a positive orientation to life in children with cancer. The findings of this study can be used as a conceptual base for explaining the concepts in other research and/or for designing interventional models for this kind of children.
Sima Mansoori, Farhang Mozaffar, Maryam Noroozian, Mohsen Faizi, Hassan Ashayeri,
Volume 24, Issue 4 (Winter 2019)
Abstract
Objectives The current study examines the features of the physical environment affecting environmental perception and tries to explain paradigm of architecture based on the neuropsychological features. This paper investigates the relationship between the two aspects of the physical and neuropsychological environment in the patients with dementia Alzheimer’s type in order to meet the needs of the mental processes (sensation, perception, memory, and the organization of targeted behavior and adaptation to the environment for executive functions).
Methods This study was conducted by inductive content analysis method based on 9 semi-structured interviews and inductive content analysis from related literature.
Results Environmental perception was found as category based on two inductive content analyses. Moreover, 28 concepts of first level concepts (coding) and three concepts of “indifference to the elements in the physical environment”, “willingness to attend familiar places” and “stressors in unfamiliar places” as subcategories were obtained from semi-structured interviews.
Conclusion Explaining the features of the physical environment combined with neuropsychological environment can play a significant role in creating the habitat, care and treatment environment of these patients. Therefore, the sensory cue of the environment is effective in reducing behavioral disorders. Also, the perception of a more powerful environment means a greater interaction between these two dimensions of the environment.
