Role of Coping Strategies In The Psychological Problems of Patients With Diabetes

The purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of coping strat-egies against mental disorders among patie-nts with diabetes. For the study، 50 patients with diabetes mellitus (18 insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and 32 non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patient-s) from the mental health center of Firooz-abad city (located in south west of Iran) were selected using convenience sampling. All subjects completed 3 questionnaires: demographic characteristics، Coping Strate-gies، and Symptom Checklist -90 –Revised (SCL-90-R). Data were analyzed using Pea-rson correlation، stepwise multiple regressi-on and MANOVA. There was a high rate of mental disorders among the patients and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus had higher ave-rage scores in comparison with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. No significant differences were observed between the two groups for the coping strategies question-nnaire. There was a significant relationship between emotion-focused and less useful coping strategies with mental disorders (P<0. 5). Regression analysis revealed a significant role of coping strategies for mental disorders in patients with diabetes (P<0. 5). Discussion & Coping strate-gies had a significant contribution in predi-cting mental disorders in patients with dia-betes.