The Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Group Training on Stress Management Style Resiliency and Glycemic Hemoglobin Levels in Diabetic Patients

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Group Training on Stress Management Style Resiliency and Hemoglobin Levels in diabetic patients of Shiraz city has been done. Research method was experimental and the design of pretest-posttest-with-control group kind been. Statistical population consisted of nearly nine hundred and fifty diabetic patients from the Diabetic Center of the City of Shiraz one year before and filling the case. The research community consisted of 60 people was randomly selected from the member patients of Shiraz diabetic association who were available from the sample. They were randomly bringing in two groups of experimental and control. At first pre-tests were performed by both groups and then the experiment group were trained stress management, cognitive - behavioral therapy with relaxation in 10 sessions of two hours and a half every week and during this term control group was under training other unrelated stress management programs such as drug educations. After the end of the term, both groups completed the questionnaires again. Also glycemic control index (HbA1c) test was repeated after 3 months from the first test. The research tools include resiliency questionnaires and glycemic control index (HbA1c) testing. Also, data obtained from research using descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, frequency, maximum and minimum) and the covariance method Manova inferential statistics and independent T-test and analysis software SPSS-18 case. The findings indicate that cognitive style group training, stress management - treated diabetic patients by increasing resiliency and decrease of the glycemic hemoglobin in the blood of diabetic patients.