Implications of Stress Management Program

University of Gujrat

Status

Completed

Conditions

Chronic Conditions, Multiple

Treatments

Behavioral: Stress Management Program

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04978974

UOG/ASRB/Psych/3/18631/011

Details and patient eligibility

About

Previous studies indicated that patients with diabetes mellitus and hypertension had higher level of perceived stress, used maladaptive coping strategies and poor health-related quality of life. Therefore, stress management program was applied to reduce their perceived stress, improve their coping strategies, improve their health-related quality of life and psychological health of the patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension in current study. The main objectives of the current study were to observe the effects of stress management program on perceived stress, coping strategies and health-related quality of life using pre-experimental research design. Patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 and hypertension were selected through purposive sampling technique to apply the eclectic approach of the stress management program. Total 110 patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension completed the program from 114 patients who gave inform consent for participation in the first session. Perceived stress scale, WHOQOL and Coping strategies questionnaire were administered at the pre and post-levels of the program. Further, base line of targeted domains variables was also filled from the participants at pre, mid and post-levels to access the efficacy of the program which was formulated according to previous research data by the researcher. The stress Management program consisted of 10 session which were delivered to eight groups (diabetic and Hypertensive) in five weeks. Each session had the duration 90 minutes and two sessions were conducted in one week.

Enrollment

110 patients

Sex

All

Ages

31 to 60 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

patients with type II diabetes or hypertension with at least three months duration of illness
had not attended any psychological intervention or stress management program earlier

Exclusion criteria

Patients who had any other physical/ mental illnesses along with diabetes or hypertension
Patients with type I diabetes
Patients with gestational diabetes or hypertension
Had diabetes or hypertensive condition from less than three month
Had co morbidity of diabetes and hypertensive chronic conditions