Investigating the Effectiveness of Captain’s Log Cognitive Rehabilitation Software on the Selective Attention of Multiple Sclerosis Patients in Tehran
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Ali Delshad
1
,
Amene Sadat Kazemi
2
1 - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine , Islamic Azad University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad
University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Multiple Sclerosis, Cognitive Rehabilitation, Selective Attention, Computer-based, Captain&rsquo, s Log,
Abstract :
Multiple Sclerosis is one of the most common chronic neurological diseases due to local lesions in the brain, which destroys the nerve pathways and ultimately disrupts the transmission of messages in the central nervous system, and this causes a wide range of symptoms. One of the cognitive disorders in MS patients. The aim was to investigate the effectiveness of Captain Log’s cognitive rehabilitation software on the selective attention of patients with MS in Tehran. The present study was an interventional type with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and was investigated at two descriptive and inferential levels. Also, univariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to investigate the effect of the intervention on the post-test scores. . The statistical population was all the patients with MS in Tehran, and 30 patients with multiple sclerosis in 1400-1401 were selected as the sample size by available and targeted sampling and divided into two groups. 15 experimental and control subjects were randomly selected. The subjects completed the Stroop test. It should be mentioned that the intervention was done only for the experimental group and at the end, the post-test scale was taken from both experimental and control groups. SPSS version 22 software was used to analyze the data. According to the results of univariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), it showed that Captain Log’s cognitive rehabilitation software has an effect on the selective attention of patients with MS (p<0.001). According to the findings of the research, different cognitive rehabilitations are able to improve and improve the cognitive functions and executive functions of patients with cognitive defects and facilitate their daily life activities, so it is suggested that the centers Benefit from this type of cognitive rehabilitation as complementary therapy.