THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MINDFULNESS BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY AND ATTENTION BIAS MODIFICATION ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES

Background & Aims: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of mindfulness based cognitive therapy and attention bias modification onpsychological symptomsin patients with type 2 diabetes. Materials & Methods: This research is an interventional study.The research method was quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest with control group. The statistical population of this study included all diabetic patients in Kerman. Convenient sampling method was applied for this research. According to the entry and exit criteria, 75 patients with type 2 diabetes were selected and randomly divided into 3 groups, two experimental and one control group. Data needed for this study was collected from Dot probe test and psychological symptom questionnaire (Dass-21) in the pre-test and post-test with demographic information, history and characteristics of diabetes. Then, the first group received mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT), and the second group received attention bias modification (ABM), but the control group did not receive any interventions. Finally, the subjects of the three groups were evaluated with research tools. In order to analyze the statistical data, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was conducted using SPSS (version 23). Results: The results showed that mindfulness based cognitive therapy and attention bias modification caused significant decrease in psychological symptoms (depression, anxiety and stress) in patients with type 2 diabetes. Conclusion: The results of this study confirmed the effectiveness of mindfulness based cognitive therapy and attention bias modification in psychological symptoms in patients with type 2 diabetes.