Effectiveness of Self-Compassion Training on Psychological Symptoms and Self-Care in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus is a common metabolic disorder that involves several organs and has chronic vascular and non-vascular complications.

This study aimed to find out the effectiveness of self-compassion training on psychological symptoms and self-care in patients with type 2 diabetes.

The method of this study was semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with the control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all patients with type 2 diabetes from diabetes association and hospitals in Gilangharb city in 2020, among which 30 patients (self-compassion training and control group) were selected using a convenience sampling method. Data were collected using Psychological Symptoms Questionnaire and Tobert and Glasgow self-care questionnaires. Data were analyzed using multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance tests by SPSS.22.

The results showed that self-compassion training was effective on psychological symptoms (P<0.01) and self-care (P<0.01) in patients with type 2 diabetes.

It can be concluded that self-compassion training was effective on psychological symptoms and self-care in patients with type 2 diabetes and it can be effective as an efficient treatment method to improve psychological problems in patients with type 2 diabetes.