Determination of Effectiveness of Remembrance of Ya Allah in Alleviating Anxiety Using Neurofeedback (Impact on Alpha and Theta Waves)

Aims: Anxiety is an extremely disabling disorder which affects many aspects of life. This study aims to study the use of Alpha-theta neurofeedback training methods along with the remembrance of Allah as a new therapeutic way in patients with anxiety disorders.Methodology: This experimental study was carried out in Dezful University of Medical Sciences in 2016. 20 participants were divided into two groups of equal size. Participants were firstly evaluated by a clinical psychologist and then underwent neurofeedback test. In order to decrease the impact of external factors, participants were asked to count to 20 before the first EEG is recorded. After that, the first group was received routine neurofeedback. For the second group, the word Allah was displayed on the screen and participants were asked to focus it and repeat Ya Allah . For these two groups, Alpha and Theta waves on Pz point were displayed on the screen simultaneously so that they can inspect the changes in waves. All waves and the final EEG in three thirty-minute sessions were recorded by the eWave8 system.Findings: Mean and standard deviation (STD) of Alpha waves for before and after using the recitation of Ya Allah were 25.6410±4.90765 and 44.3920±17.11289, respectively. Also, mean and STD of Theta waves were 24.2930±6.131127 and 42.5580±21.60156, respectively. These results showed that recitation of Ya Allah led to an increase in the posterior midline of alpha and theta. Also, it makes a significant decrease in the anxiety of the participants in the first session of the treatment itself. As well, in comparison with routine neurofeedback, results showed that using proposed neurofeedback has a higher mean and a lower STD.Conclusion: Our findings show that recitation of Allah with neurofeedback is effective in alleviating anxiety.

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Alpha-theta neurofeedback training ، recitation of Ya Allah ، anxiety