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- Title
The effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on the self-care and adherence to treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes.
- Authors
Abdollahi, Safieh; Hatami, Mohammad; Manesh, Fardin; Askari, Parviz
- Abstract
Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on self-care and adherence to treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes. Materials and Methods: This study was a quasi-experimental research with pretest–posttest-follow-up and control group design. The sample of the present study consisted of 30 patients with type 2 diabetes referred to the health network of Asaluyeh city in the first half of the year 2019. The perceived self-efficacy scale for self-care and adherence to treatment questionnaire were used for data collection. Results: The results of the data analysis showed that acceptance and commitment therapy is effective in the self-care and adherence to treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes. Conclusion: Based on obtained results, it can conclude that acceptance and commitment therapy as a short term therapy has effective influences on self-care and adherence to treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes.
- Subjects
PEOPLE with diabetes; RESEARCH methodology; TYPE 2 diabetes; PATIENT compliance; QUESTIONNAIRES; HEALTH self-care; STATISTICS; DATA analysis; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; ACCEPTANCE &; commitment therapy; TREATMENT effectiveness; PRE-tests &; post-tests; ACQUISITION of data
- Publication
International Archives of Health Sciences, 2020, Vol 7, Issue 2, p78
- ISSN
2383-2568
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/iahs.iahs_13_20