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The Effectiveness of treatment based on Acceptance and Commitment on Life expectancy and Death anxiety of Patients with type 2 Diabetes
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Asie Poshtyafte   , Alireza Pirkhaefi * , Morvarid Ahadi , Omid Rezaei |
| Associate Professor Department of Psychology, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran , ar.pirkhaefi@iau_garmsar.ac.ir |
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Abstract: (1017 Views) |
Background : the chronic nature, tiring treatments and debilitating and threatening complications of diabetes affect the physical, mental, social, life expectancy and death anxiety of the affected person, so the present study aims to determine the effectiveness of treatment based on acceptance and A commitment was made to the life expectancy and death anxiety of patients with type 2 diabetes.
Method: The current research method was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test type with a control group and a follow-up period. The statistical population includes all patients with type 2 diabetes with deceased relatives who visited Milad specialized and sub-specialized hospitals in the second six months of 2022, 30 eligible people were selected by purposive sampling method and by simple random sampling (paired sampling method) or the person inside the box) were placed in two groups (15 people in the test group and 15 people in the control group). The data collection tools included life expectancy questionnaires by Schneider et al. (1991) and death anxiety questionnaires by Templer and Ruff (1971). The intervention group was subjected to group intervention in eight 90-minute face-to-face sessions over a period of two months, and the control group received the normal intervention. In order to analyze the data, SPSS version 22 software and the analysis of variance test with repeated measurements between groups were used, observing the statistical assumptions.
Results: The results showed that there was a difference between the average scores of life expectancy and death anxiety of patients with type 2 diabetes in the post-test and follow-up stages compared to the pre-test stage, and these results remained stable until the follow-up stage (P<0.01); Therefore, the treatment based on acceptance and commitment improved the life expectancy and reduced the death anxiety of patients with type 2 diabetes.
Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, therapists and health care providers can use acceptance and commitment therapy as an effective treatment method in improving the health and psychological status of patients with type 2 diabetes.
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| Keywords: Acceptance and commitment, Life expectancy, Death anxiety, Type 2 diabetes |
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Type of Study: Rehabilitation |
Subject:
behavioral sciences
Received: 2024/09/10 | Accepted: 2024/10/5 | Published: 2024/10/1
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