The effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulatian (tDCS) on improving attention in women with chronic schizophrenia

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Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Science and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

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Schizophrenia is one of the most common and severe psychiatric disorders that is characterized by abnormalities in perception, behavior, motivation, thinking and cognition. One of these cognitive defects is a defect in attention. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulatian (tDCS) on improving attention in women with chronic schizophrenia in Ardabil in 1395. In this experimental study (pre-test and post-test with control group), the statistical population included all women with chronic schizophrenia in Ardabil city, which 28 persons of them, were selected randomly selected who were in Rehabilitation centers of Ardebil and randomly divided into two experimental(n=14) and control groups (n=14). The members of both groups were individually subjected to a pretest test using Toulouse Pieron attention Test, then the intervention using tDCS on the test group for 10 consecutive days in 20 minutes with anode, FP2 and The cathode, shoulder was performed individually by the trained researcher. The post-test was performed on both experimental and control groups. To analyze the data, univariate covariance analysis was used. The results showed that tDCS increased the mean scores of attention (p <0.05) in subjects with chronic schizophrenia. Considering that tDCS has a significant effect on improving the attention of people with chronic schizophrenia, it can be concluded that tDCS can improve the attention of people with chronic schizophrenia.

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Journal of Research in Psychopathology
Volume 2, Issue 3
March 2021
Pages 10-15

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