The effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on mental health, life expectancy and happiness of diabetic patients
Subject Areas : Mental health and Communication
1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Deylam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Deylam, Iran
Keywords: Cognitive therapy based on mindfulness, Mental health, Life expectancy, Happiness, Diabetic patients,
Abstract :
The occurrence of diabetes disrupts the regular flow of life and affects the quality of life of people in different dimensions. The aim of the present study was to explain the effectiveness of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness on mental health, life expectancy and happiness of diabetic patients. The current research was semi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the study included all diabetic patients in Deylam city. 30 people were selected as a sample of the study by voluntary sampling method and were randomly replaced wo experimental and control groups (15 people in each group). For the experimental group, ognitive therapy based on mindfulness was conducted during 8 sessions of 90 minutes, one session every week, and the control group did not receive any intervention. The required findings were collected using Hill and Goldberg's mental health questionnaire, Miller's life expectancy and Argyle et al.'s happiness in two stages, pre-test and post-test, and to analyze the data from the test Analysis of covariance was used in spss22 software. The results of the present study showed that cognitive therapy based on mindfulness caused a significant reduction in the components of mental health disorders, increased life expectancy and components of happiness in the subjects of the experimental group compared to the control group. The training of cognitive therapy program based on mindfulness was effective in improving mental health components, life expectancy and happiness of diabetic patients
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