THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A SHORT COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL GROUP INTERVENTION ON QUALITY OF LIFE AND ILLNESS PERCEPTION IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES DISEASE

This study was planned to investigate the effectiveness of a short Cognitive Behavioral Group Intervention for Diabetes Mellitus Disease (CBGI-CHD) on quality of life and illness Perception in patients with type 2 diabetes disease.
Twenty eight patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who were the members of Iran Diabetes Association, were selected through voluntary accessible sampling .Type 2 diabetes patients were randomly assigned in a 12-week (2.5 –h sessions) cognitive behavioral group intervention for Diabetes Mellitus Disease (n=14) or to a control group (n=14) that received usual care. Quality of life were measured using a Persian version quality of life questionnaire(WHQOL-BREF) , illness Perception were measured Using a brief Illness Perception Questionnaire( brief IpQ ) before and directly after intervention. Data were analyzed with SPSS 19 software, descriptive statistics, covariance analysis and
Experiment group showed significant increases in quality of life and illness Perception at post–test, compared with control group (p%5).
The results indicate that CBGI-CHD can improve quality of life and illness Perception in patients with type 2diabetes mellitus. The future researches with longer pursuing periods for reviewing efficacy continuation is suggested