Nahid Rostamzade - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Science and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
Akbar Atadokht - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Science and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

AbstractSchizophrenia is one of the most common and severe psychiatric disorders that is characterized by abnormalities in perception, behavior, motivation, thinking and cognition. One of these cognitive defects is a defect in attention. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulatian (tDCS) on improving attention in women with chronic schizophrenia in Ardabil in ۱۳۹۵. In this experimental study (pre-test and post-test with control group), the statistical population included all women with chronic schizophrenia in Ardabil city, which ۲۸ persons of them, were selected randomly selected who were in Rehabilitation centers of Ardebil and randomly divided into two experimental(n=۱۴) and control groups (n=۱۴). The members of both groups were individually subjected to a pretest test using Toulouse Pieron attention Test, then the intervention using tDCS on the test group for ۱۰ consecutive days in ۲۰ minutes with anode, FP۲ and The cathode, shoulder was performed individually by the trained researcher. The post-test was performed on both experimental and control groups. To analyze the data, univariate covariance analysis was used. The results showed that tDCS increased the mean scores of attention (p <۰.۰۵) in subjects with chronic schizophrenia. Considering that tDCS has a significant effect on improving the attention of people with chronic schizophrenia, it can be concluded that tDCS can improve the attention of people with chronic schizophrenia.

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulatian, tDCS, Attention, chronic schizophrenia