Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Master of Psychology, Payam Noor University, Gorgan, Iran
Abstract
Objective: This research was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on depression, perfectionism and blood glucose levels of type 2 diabetic patients suffering from psychological and physical anhedonia.
Materials and methods: The current research was semi-experimental and pre-test-post-test with a control group. The statistical population of the research was made up of type 2 diabetic patients suffering from mental-physical anhedonia who referred to Thelma Diabetes and Wound Treatment Clinic in Gorgan in 2024, and 30 patients were selected by purposeful sampling and non-randomly in two experimental and control groups (each group 15 people) were replaced. The research tools were depression questionnaires by Beck (1986), perfectionism by Hill et al. (2004), lack of pleasure by Sneath and Hamilton (1999) and a glucometer to measure blood glucose levels. The experimental group received treatment based on acceptance and commitment in 8 sessions of 60 minutes, but the control group did not receive any psychological intervention until the end of the study.
Findings: The findings showed that acceptance and commitment therapy led to a reduction in depression, perfectionism, and blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetic patients with psychophysical anhedonia (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that the treatment based on acceptance and commitment leads to the reduction of depression, perfectionism and blood glucose levels of type 2 diabetic patients suffering from psychological-physical anhedonia. Therefore, this treatment model can be used as an auxiliary treatment to prevent or reduce the complications of type 2 diabetes.
Keywords
- acceptance and commitment therapy
- depression
- perfectionism
- blood glucose
- psychological-physical anhedonia
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