Comparison of the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and emotion-oriented therapy on self-care behaviors and sexual function in patients with type 2 diabetes

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and emotion-oriented therapy on self-care, sexual function in type 2 diabetic patients.

The present study was applied in terms of purpose, with pre-test-post-test design, which used a quasi-experimental research design. The statistical population of the study included all people with type 2 diabetes who referred to Sabzevar Diabetes Clinic in 1398. From the mentioned statistical population, 45 people were selected by convenience and randomly divided into 3 groups of 15 people (2 experimental groups and one control group). The experiments of both groups in three stages of pre-test and post-test and follow-up to The self-care questionnaires of Tobert Hampson and Glasgow (2000), the Female Sexual Function Questionnaire (FSFI) and the Male Sexual Function Questionnaire (MSHQ) were answered. In this study, descriptive data analysis was used to describe the collected data and the data were analyzed using SPSS statistical software.

The results showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and emotion-oriented therapy are effective on self-care, sexual function in type 2 diabetic patients and there was no significant difference in their effectiveness.

Cognitive therapies based on mindfulness and emotion-oriented therapy can be used to alleviate the psychological problems of diabetic patients.Keywords: Cognitive