effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapy on resilience, psychological well-being, and blood sugar levels in patients with type ii diabetes

Background: diabetes as one of the most common chronic diseases has attracted the increasing attention of health professionals. the present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapy in resilience, psychological well-being, and blood sugar levels among patients with type ii diabetes in tehran. methods: the research method was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test, and control group. the statistical population of the study consisted of all patients with type ii diabetes referring to health centers in tehran in 2018. among this population, 30 patients were selected via convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (n=15 in each group). the mindfulness treatment group received training in 10 sessions, while the control group remained on the waiting list. the instruments used in the present study included connor and davidson resilience questionnaire (2003), and ryff short form well-being scale psychological well-being (ryff, 1980). their blood sugar was measured by glycosylated hemoglobin test in two stages of pre-test and post-test. data were analyzed in spss software (version 19) using multivariate analysis of covariance. results: as evidenced by the obtained results, the intervention used in the current study could significantly improve resilience (p<0.001, psychological well-being (p<0.001), and blood sugar (p<0.001) in patients with type ii diabetes. conclusion: it can be concluded that mindfulness-based therapy was effective in the improvement of resilience and psychological well-being, followed by a decrease in the blood sugar levels among patients with type ii diabetes