Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease with severe late complications and high mortality. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Iran is 4-4.5% and in population aged above 30 years is greater than 14%. Further, although glycemic control, the development of complications and mortality represent critical outcomes in people with type 2 diabetes, quality of life (QOL) outcomes are also important. Quality of life represents a broad, multi-dimensional concept that reflects an individual’s sense of well-being or satisfaction with life circumstances, and self concept is one’s image of oneself. Individuals with a positive self concept are better able to develop and maintain inter personal relationship and resist psychological and physical illness. The aim o f this study is determine the effect of quality of life education on self concept of patients with type 2 diabetes.
This investigation is a clinical trial study on 123 patients with type 2 diabetes that referred to clinic of diabetes in Emam Khomeini hospital of Ardebil. These participants were known or newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes with range age 30-70, and divided randomly in two groups :case (61 persons) and control group(62 persons). The information was gathered using 4 questionnaires. The first one was socio-demographics , second one was Beck’s self concept questionnaire, third one Rosenberg’s self esteem questionnaire, and the last one was body image questionnaire. The quality of life education as intervention factor was performed using face-to-face , group teaching methods, and handout to case group. The quality of life education program consist of one weekly group session of 45 minutes for 6 weeks, limited to 8 patients per group. A nurse, a physiotherapist, a dietician, and a psychologist run the sessions. Then, the patients will be evaluated 1 month after the final intervention program by filling the same questionnaires.