PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Safavi, Mahboubeh
AU  - Samadi, Nasrin
AU  - Mahmoodi, Mahmood
TI  - Effect of quality of life improvement on type 2 diabetes patients’ self-esteem
DP  - 2011 Sep 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 953--957
VI  - 32
IP  - 9
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/32/9/953.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/32/9/953.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2011 Sep 01; 32
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of the quality of life (QoL) improvement on their QoL and self-esteem.METHODS: This was a random controlled clinical trial study on 123 type 2 diabetes patients admitted to the Diabetes Clinic in Imam Khomeini Hospital at Ardebil, Iran from April 2009 to June 2010. The 30-70 years old participants are afflicted with type 2 diabetes, and randomly divided into 2 groups (experimental group n=61, and control group n=62). The questionnaires were composed of sociodemographic status, Farrel … Grant, and Rosenberg’s self-esteem questionnaires and the quality of life (QoL) improvement plan was codified to educate and evaluate them. A p<0.05 was considered significant.RESULTS: Our study showed that subjects in the experimental group had low self-esteem (13%) before QOL training, and they had moderate self-esteem after the intervention (39%), however, the control group had moderate self-esteem (62.5%) in the pretest, and changed to low self-esteem (12.9%) in the post-test, and there was significant difference in the previous and next intervention (p<0.05).CONCLUSION: The QoL improvement had positive effects on diabetic’s self-esteem, and QOL as improved may help to reduce the side effects of type 2 diabetes process.