IRCT201011044251N3 IRCT 2010-12-01 Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Research Department) The effect of group therapy in ‎patients with type 2 diabetes‎ The effect of exercise consultation and exercise therapy on quality of life in ‎patients with type 2 diabetes‎‏:‏‎ A randomized clinical trial‎ ‎ 2010-11-22 anticipated 102 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/4510 interventional Randomization: N/A, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment. N/A Type 2 diabete‎s. Intervention 1: The control group will only receive an educational booklet, and a systematic intervention program will not be given. They have just one session (30 minutes) by sports medicine specialist about health screening, education of booklet and exercise prescription, individually. They don’t have another session during 6 weeks of the study. Also, consultation to change other aspects of lifestyle (nutrition and diet consultation) will be given to all patients. Intervention 2: The intervention group: The 6-week group therapy will be provided in 6 sessions once a week by sports medicine specialist (2 hours) consisted of: health screening (blood pressure and body weight check), education, exercise prescription and counseling. Also, once a week, contact with participants by phone will be done for giving necessary recommendations about exercise training by sports medicine specialist. Exercise program will be 3 sessions per week consisted of warm-up, stretching, strength training, aerobic and cool-down exercises for 60 minutes per session. Participants will be encouraged to perform walking exercise in other days. Also, consultation to change other aspects of lifestyle (nutrition and diet consultation) will be given to all patients. The patients can call during the week for receiving the necessary exercise consultation.