Comparison of the Effectiveness of Emotionally Rational Behavioral Therapy and Therapy based on Acceptance and Commitment on Disease-Induced Distress in People with type 2 Diabetes

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of emotional rational behavior therapy and therapy based on acceptance and commitment on distress caused by the disease in people with type 2 diabetes.

The method of the present study was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test follow-up design. They were randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group (n = 15). The first and second experimental groups remained on the waiting list, respectively, of the 60-minute sessions of emotional rational behavioral therapy in the control group. The study instrument included a disease distress questionnaire (Polonsky et al., 2005) was completed in three stages. The analysis of the information obtained from the questionnaire was performed through spss24 software in two descriptive and inferential sections (analysis of covariance).

The results showed that both interventions used in this study could significantly improve disease-induced distress in patients with type 2 diabetes (p <0.05), with the difference that the emotional rational behavior therapy intervention was more effective. On the distress caused by the disease. In addition, no significant difference was observed in the post-test-follow-up phase (p <0.05), which indicates the stability of the intervention changes.

Based on the results of this study, acceptance and commitment therapy and emotional rational behavior therapy had effective interventions in reducing disease-induced distress in patients with diabetes and are recommended to clinical specialists.