Effects of Cognitive-behavioral Fordyce Happiness Training on Sense of Coherence in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Authors
maryam Hoseini
Mohammad Saeid Abdkhodaei
Abstract
Introduction

Psychological problems of chronic patients, especially diabetes, that often are ignored, need special attention to proper treatment. In current research, the effect of cognitive-behavioral Fordyce happiness training on sense of coherence in diabetic patients have been studied.

Materials and Methods

The design of research was a quasi-experimental design with pretest and post-test together with control group. The samples were 24 subjects on average 57 years old among diabetic patients Parsian diabetes clinic in Mashhad. The members of experimental and control groups responded to the sense of coherence questionnaire. Experimental group received 10 Fordyce happiness training sessions (1 hour for each session). Then for post-test both of groups responded to the sense of coherence questionnaire. The data were analyzed by covariance analysis ANCOVA.

Results

The finding showed that Fordyce happiness cognitive-behavioral training could increase the average sense of coherence scores in experimental group in comparison with control group.

Conclusion

Based on these findings, in addition to increasing the sense of happiness among diabetic patients, Fordyce happiness training plan has meaningful effect on increasing the sense of coherence.
Keywords
Cognitive- behavioral Therapy
Happiness
Sense of Coherence
Diabetes
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