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Gjoneska B.¹ , Georgiev D.¹, Fustic S.² and Pop-Jordanova N.²

4 th Congress Of Macedonian Pediatric Association, Ohrid, 18 th – 22 nd September, 2007. C HARACTERISTICS OF ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC ALPHA RYTHM PARAMETARS IN PATIENTS WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS: PERSPECTIVES OF NEUROFEEDBACK. Gjoneska B.¹ , Georgiev D.¹, Fustic S.² and Pop-Jordanova N.²

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Gjoneska B.¹ , Georgiev D.¹, Fustic S.² and Pop-Jordanova N.²

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  1. 4th Congress Of Macedonian Pediatric Association, Ohrid, 18th – 22nd September, 2007 CHARACTERISTICS OF ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC ALPHA RYTHM PARAMETARS IN PATIENTS WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS: PERSPECTIVES OF NEUROFEEDBACK Gjoneska B.¹, Georgiev D.¹, Fustic S.² and Pop-Jordanova N.² ¹ Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, R. Macedonia ² Pediatric Clinic - Faculty of Medicine, Skopje, R. Macedonia

  2. CF: THE IRONY BEHIND THE DESEASE THE PATHOLOGY IS SO INCREDIBLYRICH THAT THE HEALTH OF AN AFFECTED INDIVIDUAL ENDS-UP BEING COMPLETELY POOR. Biljana Gjoneska 19.IX.2007

  3. CYSTIC FIBROSIS (CF) Widespread disease (1 / 2 500 live births) Monogenic & Multisystem Chronic airways infection Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency Intestinal dysfunction Abnormal sweat gland function Urogenital dysfunction NEUROFEEDBACK Specialty field within biofeedback Uses feedback electroencephalogram (EEG) Monitors ones mental state by registering current electrical patterns in the cortex Performs clinical training that enables the individual to modify those patterns, normalizing or optimizing brain activity KEY TERMS

  4. BACKGROUND CF profoundly impairs mental (along with the physical) health of the affected individual. Factors that deeply influence psychological profile of the patient are: DEMANDING INTENSIVE TREATMENT NUMEROUS HOURS SPENT IN THE HOSPITAL FREQUENT AMBULANCE CONTROLS EXHAUSTIVE NATURE OF THE DISEASE 4th Congress Of Macedonian Pediatric Association, Ohrid, 18th – 22nd September, 2007

  5. BACKGROUND IN ORDER TO IMPROVE LIFE CHANCES OF CF PATIENTS IT IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO UNDERSTAND HOW SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL OUTCOMES CAN BE IMPROVED AND TO BETTER SUPPORT THEIR EMERGING CAPACITY FOR SELF-MANAGEMENT Neurofeedback was proved to be useful in the assessment and treatment in large number of cases but there is still lack of evidence which confirms the importance of neurofeedback in assessment and treatment of mental health in patients suffering from cystic fibrosis

  6. AIMS To distinguish eventual features that differ from the EEG in healthy individuals To investigate the EEG patterns ranging in the interval between 8 and 12 Hz that indicate state of relaxation / anxiety in CF patients To study the perspectives of neurofeedback training of CF individuals

  7. THE STUDY TIME PERIOD: 1st of February – 30th April, 2007 PLACE: Department of Psychophysiology - Pediatric Clinic, Skopje, R.M DEFINITION: Prospective, Randomized and Controlled clinical study MATERIAL Table No. 2 – CONTROL GROUP Table No. 1 – EXPERIMENTAL GROUP METHODS DATA RECORDING: Software program BOSLAB DATA PROCESSING: Software program WINEEG STATISTICAL OPERATIONS: Statistica 5 (T test for small samples)

  8. Investigated Parameters 4th Congress Of Macedonian Pediatric Association Ohrid, 18th – 22nd September, 2007

  9. RESULTS IAPF WinEeg Value After the Initial Session

  10. RESULTS T-test for dependent samples - IAPF (WinEeg) for CF Patients Initial vs. Final Session Psychological assessment of CF Patients In adolescents with cystic fibrosis the evaluation revealed neurotic profile, while the score for depression was not so high in both, girls and boys (below cutoff for manifested depression).

  11. DISCUSSION Reasons explaining lower values of IAPF in CF patients • Potential hypoxia which can be by-product of the illness • Poor mental arousal (induced from the negative psycho-emotional impact of the disorder)

  12. CONCLUSIONS CF was proved to have negative psycho - emotional impact from the disorder Neurofeedback can be successfully used to support CF patient's capacity for self-management Further investigations should be conducted in order to confirm these results

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