This study was designed to assess whether a cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) program for diabetes clinic patients was acceptable, improved quality of life and produced measurable change in levels of depression, anxiety and stress.
Having co-morbid anxiety or depression makes it difficult to carry out the activities for diabetes selfcare. Psychological interventions have been shown to result in improvements in HbA1C and depression. Reports on psychosocial outcomes are conflicting and there are no studies of quality of life. Our diabetes outpatient population has a higher prevalence of anxiety and depression compared to the general public and this led to the development of a group CBT intervention designed to reduce anxiety as a co-morbidity of diabetes.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Enrollment
64
The Dealing with Anxiety CBT Group Program comprises 7 group sessions: an initial five hour session followed by 6 three hour sessions over a three month period
Commencement of the CBT Group Program is delayed 3 months
Royal Newcastle Hospital
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C)
Time frame: 6 months
Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS)
Time frame: 6 months
Diabetes Quality of Life (ADDQoL)
Time frame: 6 months
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