Effectiveness of Health Literacy Group Therapy on Improvement of Glycated Hemoglobin and Self-Activities in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Ramezani Moghadam, Farideh; Rostami, Reza; Rahiminezhad, R Abbas; Farahani, Hojat Allah

doi:10.30473/hpj.2020.51425.4715

Document Type : Scientific Research

Authors

¹ PhD in Health Psychology, University of Tehran.

² Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Tehran

³ Associate Professor, University of Tehran

⁴ Assistant Professor, Tarbiat Modares University.

https://doi.org/10.30473/hpj.2020.51425.4715

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of the present study wasto investigate the efficacy of health literacy group therapy on the improvement of glycosylated hemoglobin and self-care activities in patients with type 2 diabetes. Method: The current research was a quasi-experimental of pretest- posttest and control group design. The statistical population of this study included all patients with type 2 diabetes who referred to the subspecialty clinic for diabetes and metabolic diseases in Kashan, and 30 patients with type 2 diabetes were randomly selected and assigned to two experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) groups. The experimental group intervention program was performed in eight 120-minute sessions but the control group did not receive any intervention during this period. Data was collected using The summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities Measure and Hemoglobin A1c Test and also were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and univariate analysis of covariance. Findings: The present study confirmed the effectiveness of health literacy-based group therapy on glycosylated hemoglobin improvement and self-care activities. The findings showed that the effect of the health literacy group therapy led to decreased glycosylated hemoglobin (p= 0.71) and also increased self-care activities in type 2 diabetic patients (p= 0.76). Conclusion: The results suggest that in addition to medical treatments, health literacy-based group therapy can be used to improve type 2 diabetes control indices to prevent complications of the disease

Keywords

20.1001.1.23221283.1399.9.35.9.0

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Effectiveness of Health Literacy Group Therapy on Improvement of Glycated Hemoglobin and Self-Activities in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

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December 2020
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