title: A Comparison of Type II Diabetic Patients With Healthy People: Coping Strategies, Hardiness, and Occupational Life Quality.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Due to the epidemiologic transition and a rise in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases different coping strategies have been studied and developed. These strategies may help the affected people to conduct a normal life style.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This research was conducted in Qazvin, Iran to determine the relationship between coping strategies, hardiness, and occupational life quality in Type II diabetic patients and healthy people.
  
  
  METHODS
  Questionnaires such as Valton's on "occupational life quality," Billings and Moos' examination of "Coping strategies," and Kobasa's investigation of "hardiness" were applied to collect the data needed for the present study. In this regard, 80 people were randomly selected from employees of offices in Qazvin, Iran.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results of this research indicated that there is a significant relationship between problem-focused strategies, emotion-focused strategies, hardiness, and occupational life quality in people suffering from Type II diabetes and healthy people (P ≤ 0.05). These results also indicated that hardiness does not predict occupational life quality of people suffering from Type II diabetes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of the present study give some evidence that allows us to conclude that hardiness and coping strategies affect occupational life quality for both people suffering from Type II diabetes and healthy people. Therefore, it is proposed that people strengthen their hardiness and coping strategies, in order to improve their occupational life quality.
authors.affiliation: Abhar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abhar, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Safdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karimi
authors.affiliation: Abhar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abhar, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Asghar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jaafari
authors.affiliation: Abhar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abhar, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghamari
authors.affiliation: Roudhen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudhen, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Esfandiary
authors.affiliation: Health Deputy, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Foroozan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Salehi Mazandarani
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Sahar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Daneshvar
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Nutrition Policy and Planning Research, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Marjan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ajami
keywords: Coping Skills; Diabetes Mellitus; Occupational; Quality of Life