Shirdel, Saeedeh

Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Difficulties and Concerns of a Group of Patients With Severe Mental Disorders and Their Caregivers During Hospitalization and After Discharge at the Time of the First Wave of COVID-19 Epidemic

Objective: The Covid-19 virus has caused anxiety and stress in various people. One of the most vulnerable groups during this epidemic are people with psychiatric disorders. In this study, we investigate the main causes of concern among patients with psychiatric disorders and their families, during and after hospitalization. The purpose of this study is to improve care and service given to these...

[ 3 ] - Verbal fluency performance in normal adult population in Iran: Norms and Effects of age, education and gender

Objective: Verbal fluency is a cognitive function that can be easily assessed in bedside and provide useful data for clinical assessment of a variety of cognitive functions. We decided to provide a standardized test for the assessment of verbal fluency in Persian language, including both phonemic and semantic fluency subtests.  Method: First, three letters (P, D, and Sh) and three categories (...

[ 4 ] - Designing the Application of Verbal Fluency Test in Persian for Neurocognitive Evaluations

Verbal fluency test is a useful method to evaluate cognitive executive functions. Studies have shown that both types of verbal fluency test (phonemic and semantic) are influenced by brain damage. This test is rarely used by clinicians because it takes too much time to perform. Therefore, we decided to increase its speed and accuracy by designing a verbal fluency test application in Persian lang...