Comparing the effectiveness of positive treatment and the family empowerment model based on self-compassion on treatment adherence and quality of life in female patients with type 2 diabetes

Avish, Zeinab; Dortaj, Fariborz; Ghaemi, Fatemeh; Farrokhi, noorali

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Avish Z, Dortaj F, Ghaemi F, Farrokhi N. Comparing the effectiveness of positive treatment and the family empowerment model based on self-compassion on treatment adherence and quality of life in female patients with type 2 diabetes. Research in psychological health 2025; 19 (2)
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Comparing the effectiveness of positive treatment and the family empowerment model based on self-compassion on treatment adherence and quality of life in female patients with type 2 diabetes

Zeinab Avish

, Fariborz Dortaj¹

, Fatemeh Ghaemi

, Noorali Farrokhi

1- , dortaj@atu.ac.ir

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The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of positive treatment and the model of family empowerment based on self-compassion on treatment adherence and quality of life in female patients with type 2 diabetes. In a semi-experimental study with a control group and pre-test and post-test, 45 women with type 2 diabetes who referred to the endocrinology department of Shahid Dr. Labafinejad Hospital in Tehran from June to July 2014 were selected by random sampling. Then the subjects were randomly divided into two experimental groups through Excel office software (the first experimental group was treated with positive treatment (n=15); the second experimental group was treated with the family empowerment model based on self-compassion (n=15) and a control group (n=15) was subjected to routine hospital treatments. The data collection tool was the questionnaire of compliance with treatment and quality of life in three stages of the baseline, after the intervention and three-month follow-up.

Keywords: adherence to treatment, type 2 diabetes, positive treatment, family empowerment model based on self-compassion, quality of life