Effect of Wellbeing Therapy on Depression, Anxiety and Blood Sugar in Women with Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 diabete is a group of metabolic diseases whose common feature is elevated blood glucoselevels due to defective insulin secretion, functional impairment, or both.This study aimed to investigate the effect of wellbeing therapy on reducing depression, Anxiety and controlling blood sugar in women with Type 2 diabetes.Materials and Methouds:This quasi-experimental research used a pretest-posttest experimental design with control and follow-up groups. A total of 52 patients were enrolled through convenience sampling from 100 patients [p1] [A2] with type 2 diabetes visiting the Parsian Diabetes Center of Mashhad in 2019-20. They were then randomly assigned to two 26-member (experimental and control) groups. The intervention group received a Ryff psychological well-being program over the course of two months through eight 90-minute group therapy sessions, whereas the control group received no treatment. Data were collected before, after, the intervention using the Beck’s Depression Inventory, Beck’s Anxiety Inventory, and Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) test and then analyzed in SPSS 24.

The results from the multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) showed that wellbeing therapy has a significant effect on depression, Anxiety, and HbA1c.

Wellbeing therapy is effective in reducing depression, Anxiety and HbA1c levels in type 2 diabetes patients. Therefore, it is recommended that this treatment approach be used to help improve the psychological well-being of these patients.