Effectiveness of Mindfulness Group Training Based on Stress Reduction on Emotional Self-Regulation and Self-Care in Diabetes Type 2
Mohammad Reza Aqebati, Jafar Shabani
Iranian journal of diabetes and obesity March 28, 2024 DOI: 10.18502/ijdo.v16i1.15234 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Experimental pre-test/post-test study with control group Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 36 |
| Population | People with type 2 diabetes in Esfrain city |
| Intervention | Mindfulness group training based on stress reduction |
| Duration | Eight 2-hour sessions over 8 weeks |
| Measures | Hoffman and Kashdan's (2010) emotional self-regulation questionnaire, Tobert and Glasso's (2000) self-care questionnaire |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | The authors report that mindfulness group training based on stress reduction improved emotional self-regulation scores and life expectancy in patients with type 2 diabetes, and suggest it as a complementary treatment to improve emotional self-regulation and self-care. |
Abstract
Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness group training based on stress reduction on emotional self-regulation and self-care in type 2 diabetes people - Esfrain 2023.
Materials and Methods: This is an experimental research with a pre-test and post-test method and a control group. The statistical society included all type 2 diabetes people in Esfrain city, of whom 36 people were selected as the study sample. The participants were simple random placed in an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group received mindfulness group education based on stress reduction during eight 2-h sessions over 8 weeks, whereas the control group received no education. Before and after the education sessions, the two groups completed Hoffman and Kashdan’s (2010) emotional self-regulation questionnaire and Tobert and Glasso’s (2000) self-care questionnaire. Data were analyzed using the multivariate analysis of covariance test.
Results: The results showed that mindfulness group training based on stress reduction can improve emotional self-regulation scores and life expectancy in patients with type 2 diabetes(P: 0.0005).
Conclusion: According to the results of the research, mindfulness training based on stress reduction is suggested to diabetic patients as a complementary treatment with the aim of improving the level of emotional self-regulation and self-care.
Comparable studies
Other experimental studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Cancer patients (clinical intervention study) | 2003 | Mixed methods: scale development, correlational, quasi-experimental, laboratory, experience-sampling, and clinical intervention study | |
| Loving-kindness meditation increases social connectedness. | 2008 | Controlled laboratory experiment | |
| Mindfulness and mind-wandering: Finding convergence through opposing constructs. | 2012 | Two studies: correlational study and experimental study | |
| Mental Training Enhances Attentional Stability: Neural and Behavioral Evidence | 2009 | Experimental study | |
| Mindfulness meditation and substance use in an incarcerated population. Incarcerated population | 2006 | Quasi-experimental with treatment-as-usual control condition |