Publications by authors named "H Arkar"
Article Synopsis
- - The study examined the financial burden of tuberculosis (TB) on patients in Myanmar, particularly those utilizing private providers in public-private mix (PPM) schemes, despite TB services being generally free.
- - A survey of 695 adults revealed that patients incurred a median total cost of approximately $53.4 for TB treatment, with the most significant expenses occurring during the pre-treatment phase and clinic visits.
- - Alarmingly, about 34.5% of patients faced catastrophic health expenditure, defined as spending over 20% of their financial capacity on TB-related costs, highlighting the ongoing economic challenges despite available healthcare services.
Objective: The primary aim of the study is to investigate the relationships between personality traits, marital relationship and sexual satisfaction in couples with sexual dysfunction (SD). The secondary aim is to examine the mediating effects of marital adjustment between personality traits and sexual satisfaction, and of sexual satisfaction between personality traits and marital adjustment.
Method: The study was conducted with a total of 202 participants consisting of 101 married individuals diagnosed with SD and their spouses.
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) on sexual functions of women with vaginismus and their husbands, their marital adjustment, and their levels of depression and anxiety symptoms.
Method: Twenty-six couples diagnosed as vaginismus according to DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria in gynecology outpatient clinics of Izmir Ege Maternity Hospital and Gynecological Diseases Training and Research Hospital were included in the study. The couples were treated with CBT through 50-minute sessions once a week.
Objective: This study aimed to investigate relationships among temperament-character traits, dysfunctional attitudes and automatic thoughts, and compare with patient group with diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and healthy control group in terms of these variables.
Method: 127 patients with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder and 128 healthy subjects participated voluntarily in the study. The Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), the Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS), Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (ATQ), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were administered to participants.
Objective: The aims of this study were to evaluate the effectiveness of the Fear Hunter cognitive behavioral therapy program, which was developed for the treatment of childhood anxiety disorders, and to compare its effectiveness with standard medication treatment.
Method: A total of 46 participants (aged 8 to 12) that applied to the Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry clinic and had a diagnosis of anxiety disorder were recruited for the study. The participants were randomly assigned to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), standard drug treatment (ST), or combined treatment (CBT+ ST) groups according to the order of application.