Comparison of social support and defense mechanisms of diabetics and non-diabetics

Background and Every year chronic diseases such as cancers and diabetes cause psychological problems for patients and in most cases lead to their Having healthy mental condition is one of the most effective factors of improving condition of these patients. So, this study was aimed at comparison of social support and defense mechanisms of diabetics and non-diabetics. A causal-comparative and descriptive method was applied in this study. 80 diabetic among those patients who had referred to Sina Diabetes center of Tabriz were chosen by an available sampling method and were compared with 80 non-diabetics who were matched with the cases considering demographic variables. data were gathered by Doc Social Support Questionnaire, defense mechanism's Styles Questionnaire and demographic characteristics. and also were analyzed by applying descriptive statistics and MANOVA method and using SPSS.19 software. Results showed that there were differences between diabetics and non-diabetics in social support and defense mechanisms (P>0.01). According to achieved results planning for treating interventions and more accurate and perfect care in order to manage diabetes and its complications, in a better way, to promote diabetic patients quality of life is proposed.