META-ANALYSIS OF EFFECTIVENESS OF SPORTS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES (IRAN: 1382-1392)

One of the important indicators of diabetes treatment and control is enhancement of quality of life in patients with diabetes. Therefore، in recent years، quality of life in these patients regarded by therapists and researchers and increased studies in this field. The aim of this study was collection and integration of these studies results to investigate the effect size of sport and psychological interventions on quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes by meta-analysis method. For this purpose، 25 acceptable studies (15 psychological interventions، 10 sport interventions) in terms of methodology (hypothesis، research method، statistic population، volume of sample، sampling method، instrument measure & statistic analysis method) selected، and meta-analysis performed on them. Research instrument was checklist of meta-analysis. The study findings showed that the rate of effect size of psychological interventions on quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes was d=0. 95 (p<0. 00001) and the effect size of sport interventions on quality of life in this patients was d=2. 2 (p<0. 00001). According to Cohen’s chart both effect sizes of sport and psychological interventions were high. psychological and sport interventions can be effective on improvement of quality of life in patient with 2 diabetes.