EFFICACY OF COGNITIVE THERAPY IN REDUCING THE RATE OF DEPRESSION IN WOMEN WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES

Abstract

The present study attempts to examine the impact of cognitive therapy in reducing depression in diabetic women. It is an experimental method research and pre-test - post-test and follow-up type together with the control group. 16 of diabetic women are randomly selected and homogeneously placed in two 8-member groups. Background information questionnaire and standard questionnaire Beck Depression Inventory, 2nd Edition, (BDI II) are used for data collection. In this study, Cronbach's Alpha obtained for the questionnaire is 83/0. For treating depression, 8 sessions of group therapy are implemented based on the
treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) consistent with cognitive therapy protocol of Wales and Papa Georgiou. The findings demonstrate that cognitive therapy has some impacts in reducing depression. The results of multivariate covariance analysis test show that there exists a significant difference between mean of depression in follow-up stage in proportion to that of pre-treatment stage; and reducing depression at three-month follow-up stage is stable.