The effectiveness of neurofeedback training on attentional bias in people with obsessive compulsive disorder

Abstract

Introduction: In this research, we investigated the effectiveness of neurofeedback on attentional bias in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Method: 20 obsessive-compulsive patients referred to the centers were selected by voluntary sampling at convenience and randomly assigned in two experimental and control groups of 10 people. In this research, the obsessive-compulsive disorder scale was used to collect information. At the beginning of the pretest, the experiment was performed and then the experimental intervention (neurofeedback) was performed on the experimental group for 15 sessions of 1 hour. At the end of the treatment program, post-test was taken from both groups. Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was used to analyze the data.

Results: The results showed that neurofeedback was significantly associated with a decrease in attentional bias and symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder in people with obsessive-compulsive syndrome (p <0.05).

Conclusion: Neurofeedback training reduces the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder and attentional bias in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, so it can be used as an effective method in these patients.