Investigation of the Impact Rate of the Intervention Program Based on Motivational Interviewing in improving the Life Quality of women with Type 2 Diabetes

Introduction: One of the most common chronic diseases is diabetes which has attracted the growing attention of the health professionals, and is an appropriate area for assessing the effectiveness of psychological interventions such as motivational interviewing. Therefore, the impact rate of the intervention program based on motivational interviewing in improving the life quality of women with type 2 diabetes was studied. Methods: This was an experimental study conducted in 1394 in Yazd Diabetes Research Center, on 55 patients with type 2 diabetes, who were divided into two groups of case and control. The intervention was based on motivational interviewing, and to understand the life quality, a short scale, 26-question questionnaire on Quality of Life (QOL) was used. After completing the questionnaire, the data were entered into SPSS18 software and analyzed by covariance test. Results: The results showed that the mean and standard deviation of the life quality's total score in both case and control groups before training were 63.52± 11.34 and 62.93 ±11.40 ,and after training were 78/16±6/94 and 61/77±10/62. The results showed a significant difference in life quality of women with type 2 diabetes after intervention compared to before the intervention. Furhtermore, the results of different areas of life quality showed a significant difference after intervention (p = 0.001). Conclusion: The findings of this study showed that motivational interviewing improved the life quality and other life aspects of  women with diabetes type 2 in the intervention group. It is suggested to use this technique as a complementary approach to improve the life quality of other chronic patients.