EVALUATION OF A MINDFULNESS BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY IN PATIENTS OF DIABETIC DISTRESS

Abstract

India is also the youngest nations in the world with more than 60% of the population are being under the age of 35. If the diabetes population is 90 million at this stage, how it would be if the majority of the population becomes adult or elder in the near future. Hence there is an urgent need to promote knowledge and quality of life in the Type 2 Diabetes and Diabetic co-morbidities such as Diabetic Distress. The present study would encourage liaison between the physician, patient and the clinical pharmacist to a great extent. The study was initiated after taking the proper ethical approval from the institution. The study was divided in to 3 phases namely, (Phase 1) Collection, (Phase 2) Segregation and (Phase 3) Interpretation. Diabetic distress scale (DDS -17 Scale) was used to determine the diabetic distress levels and to distribute the patients based on the levels of their distress. The patients were distributed based on the psychological complications associated with diabetes mellitus; this distribution was done both in the observational and the interventional groups. In both the groups moderate distress level was the highest also in the diabetic distress types interpersonal distress was the highest. The study was successful in improving the overall QoL of patients and with the proposed objectives was achieve