fatemeh eisazadeh; majid saffarinia; Mahnaz Aliakbari Dehkordi; Ahmad Alipour
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Objective: Type 2 diabetes is a chronic and complex disease that requires constant medical and psychological care. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of acceptance, commitment, and mindfulness therapy in improving blood sugar control and weight control in people with type 2 diabetes.
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Objective: Type 2 diabetes is a chronic and complex disease that requires constant medical and psychological care. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of acceptance, commitment, and mindfulness therapy in improving blood sugar control and weight control in people with type 2 diabetes.
Method: The research method was quasi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design and a two-month follow-up with a control group. The statistical population of this study included all men with type 2 diabetes and overweight in Tehran in 2021. The research samples were 60 patients who were selected through the purposeful sampling method and randomly assigned into three equal groups including experimental group A (under acceptance and commitment therapy), experimental group B (under mindfulness therapy), and control group (without intervention). The data collection tool in this study was the HBA1C test to control blood sugar and BMI to control weight. Data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance.
Results: The results showed a significant difference between the mean scores of blood sugar control and weight control in the acceptance and commitment therapy group and the control group (p < 0.001). Also, there was a significant difference between the blood sugar control and weight control scores of the mindfulness therapy group and the control group (p < 0.05).
Conclusion: It is concluded that both interventions, especially acceptance and commitment therapy to reduce the psychological and physical problems of patients with type 2 diabetes.
Masomeh Aliyazdi; Mozhgan Agah; Shahnaz Nouhi
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Objective: Type 2 diabetes is conceptualized as a complex interaction of psycho-physiological factors and consideringthe factors against this chronic disease is necessary. Accordingly, the present study aimed to compare the effectivenessof emotional regulation training and autogenic training on the perceived ...
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Objective: Type 2 diabetes is conceptualized as a complex interaction of psycho-physiological factors and consideringthe factors against this chronic disease is necessary. Accordingly, the present study aimed to compare the effectivenessof emotional regulation training and autogenic training on the perceived anxiety control in women with type 2 diabetes.Method: Using a quasi-experimental method with a pretest-posttest design, 33 women with type 2 diabetes wereselected by purposive sampling from Tehran and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one controlgroup. Members of each experimental group received emotional regulation training and autogenic training in ten90-minute sessions, separately. All respondents were asked to answer the demographic information and the PerceivedAnxiety Control Questionnaire (ACQ) before and after interventions. To analyze data, MANOVA and Schefee posthoc test were used.Result: The results of the analysis showed that both interventions were effective in increasing the perceived anxietycontrol (p <0.05); however, the difference between the two groups was not significant (p> 0.05).Conclusion: Explaining the effectiveness of the interventions, it can be said that both interventions were able toincrease the perceived anxiety control through special techniques, hence using them along with medical treatments isrecommended.
Ahmad Alipor; Gholam Hossein Javanmard; Rogayeh Mohammadi Garegozlo
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Objective: The present research aimed to determine the pure and combined effect of both techniques of mindfulness based-relaxation (MBR) and Transcranial Electrical Simulation (tCES) on decreasing prospective and retrospective memory errors and failure of executive functions of patients with type 2 diabetes. ...
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Objective: The present research aimed to determine the pure and combined effect of both techniques of mindfulness based-relaxation (MBR) and Transcranial Electrical Simulation (tCES) on decreasing prospective and retrospective memory errors and failure of executive functions of patients with type 2 diabetes. Method: The study is a randomized three-group double-blind clinical trial with repeated measures designs. The sample of the study consisted of 30 patients selected with convenience and purposive sampling method from Diabetes Association of Bonab city, and they were randomly assigned to the three groups of 10 subjects: MBR, CES, MBR+CES groups; and they received interventions related to their group in 10 individual sessions. All patients were assessed by the Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale (BDEFS) and Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ), before and after the intervention, and one month after the intervention. Result: The results of split-plot analysis of variance (SPANOVA) indicated the change of the mean of retrospective and prospective memory over time, and the change of prospective memory over time in different groups. The results of covariance analysis and the post hoc test of Ben Foruni indicated that in the follow-up phase, the prospective memory errors in the MBR+CES group were significantly lower than both the MBR and CES group (P <0.05). Conclusion: The results of the study provide many theoretical and practical implications for improving the cognitive function of type 2 diabetic patients following MBR and CES therapeutic techniques.