title: Effect of quality of life improvement on type 2 diabetes patients' self-esteem.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effects of the quality of life (QoL) improvement on their QoL and self-esteem.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a random controlled clinical trial study on 123 type 2 diabetes patients admitted to the Diabetes Clinic in Imam Khomeini Hospital at Ardebil, Iran from April 2009 to June 2010. The 30-70 years old participants are afflicted with type 2 diabetes, and randomly divided into 2 groups (experimental group n=61, and control group n=62). The questionnaires were composed of sociodemographic status, Farrel & Grant, and Rosenberg's self-esteem questionnaires and the quality of life (QoL) improvement plan was codified to educate and evaluate them. A p<0.05 was considered significant.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our study showed that subjects in the experimental group had low self-esteem (13%) before QOL training, and they had moderate self-esteem after the intervention (39%), however, the control group had moderate self-esteem (62.5%) in the pre-test, and changed to low self-esteem (12.9%) in the post-test, and there was significant difference in the previous and next intervention (p<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The QoL improvement had positive effects on diabetic's self-esteem, and QOL as improved may help to reduce the side effects of type 2 diabetes process.
authors: Department of Management of Education, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Mahboubeh
authors: M
authors: Safavi
authors: Nasrin
authors: N
authors: Samadi
authors: Mahmood
authors: M
authors: Mahmoodi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires