comparison of the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment-based therapy and compassion-focused therapy on the quality of life of mothers with gestational diabetes

Introduction: this study aimed to compare the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (act) and compassion-focused therapy (cft) on the quality of life of mothers with gestational diabetes. methods: the quasi-experimental research was conducted based on a pretest-posttest control group design and follow-up. the statistical population of the study consisted of all pregnant mothers referring to the milad hospital in tehran, iran, in 2019, who was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. the samples (n=45) were selected using the purposive sampling method (considering the inclusion and exclusion criteria) and then randomly divided into three groups of act, cft, and control groups. the acceptance and commitment and compassion-focused groups received ferman and herbert (2007) and gilbert self-compassion (2008) training, respectively. moreover, a three-month follow-up phase was performed on all participants in the three groups. the research tool was the world health organization quality of life (1986). the collected data were analyzed in spss software (version 22) using repeated measure analysis of variance. results: the results showed that act and cft had a significant effect on improving the quality of life of mothers with gestational diabetes (p<0.001). conclusion: it was revealed that act had a greater impact on the quality of life of mothers with gestational diabetes than cft.