Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Reality Therapy Intervention on Increasing Self-Care in Women with Type 2 Diabetes

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of reality therapy on increasing self-care in women with type 2 diabetes. The research design was quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test with control group. The statistical population included 618 diabetic patients, enrolled in the Diabetes Charity Clinic in 2019 , of whom 36 were selected by convenience sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Participants completed the self-care questionnaire of diabetic patients before and after the intervention period. The intervention was performed on the experimental group for two months 90-minute sessions of weekly. Multivariate analysis of covariance was used for data analysis. The results showed that in the post-test, reality therapy intervention significantly increased self-care scores and its subscales (exercise, treatment and foot-care), except diet, in women with diabetes. Glasser Reality Therapy Intervention can be used as an effective intervention method to increase self-care in women with diabetes.

Keywords

• diabetes
• health behavior
• reality therapy
• self-care