The Relationship between Meta cognitive Beliefs and Self-Compassion with Nutritional Problems of Patients with Diabetes

Diabetes is one of the most common metabolic diseases that affects various aspects of a person's life. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between metacognitive beliefs and self-compassion with nutritional problems in patients with diabetes.

The research method was descriptive-correlational that 167 diabetic patients of Imam Ali Educational and Medical Complex in Karaj were selected by available sampling method.. Questionnaire used includes three standard questionnaires of Garner Eating Disorders (1983), Wells Metacognitive Beliefs Questionnaire (1997) and Neff Self-Compassion Questionnaire (2003).

Pearson correlation and multivariate linear regression test were used to analyze the data through SPSS 23 software. Based on the results observed, The relationship between metacognitive beliefs and self-compassion with nutritional problems in patients with diabetes is significant.  in stepwise regression analysis, in the first step, the metacognition variable was 11.8% and in the second step, with the addition of a 10% self-compassion variable, the predictive power of the equation was increased. In total, about 21.8% of the variance of nutritional problems was predicted through metacognitive beliefs and self-pity (0.01>p).

In general, the results showed that metacognitive beliefs and self-compassion are effective in predicting nutritional problems in diabetic patients.