The Effectiveness of Health-promoting lifestyle training on psychological well-being, hopefulness, and quality of life in patients with diabetes

It is necessary to help people with diabetes to solve the problems related to diabetes, recognizing the factors affecting their psychological well-being, hope, and quality of life that can be improved by using different approaches. This study aimed to determine health-promoting lifestyle education on psychological well-being, hope, and quality of life in patients with diabetes. The present study was quasi-experimental research was pre-test-post-test and follow-up with the control group. The statistical population of the study includes patients with type 2 diabetes referred to medical centers and diabetes associations in Tehran. The participants were selected by convenience sampling method and assigned to two groups of health-promoting lifestyle training (n=15) and control group (n=15) using simple randomization method. Data were obtained using the Ryff Psychological Well-Being Scale (RSPWB), World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire, Snyder Hope Scale (SHS). The health-promoting lifestyle training was performed in 10 sessions (one session per week) for 90 minutes. Data were analyzed using the repeated measurement method and SPSS.22 software. The results showed that health-promoting lifestyle education is effective on psychological well-being (p<0.001), hope (p<0.001), and quality of life (p<0.001) in patients with diabetes. Based on the findings of this study, it can be said that health-promoting lifestyle education is effective on psychological well-being, hope, and quality of life in patients with diabetes.