Effectiveness of Self-Healing (Healing Codes) on Deficulty of Emotion Regulation and Blood Sugar Index in Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Abstract

Background: Type 2 diabetes is a common disease, which is associated with psychological problems. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of self-healing on difficulties in emotion regulation and blood sugar index in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods: This research was semi-experimental (pre-test, post-test, follow-up with control group). The statistical population consisted of 300 people with type 2 diabetes who visited Sedighe Tahereh Clinic in Isfahan in 2021. Of these, 40 people were selected through purposive sampling and were assigned randomly in the experimental and control groups. Data collection tool was Gratz and Romer’s (2004) Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) and laboratory equipment to measure blood sugar index. the experimental groups underwent 12 sessions of self-healing therapy and the control group did not receive any treatment. Analysis of variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni’s post hoc test were used to analyze the data. SPSS version 24 was used to analyze the data Results: The results showed that self-healing has an effect on difficulties in emotion regulation and blood sugar index (P<0.05) and this result is continuous (P<0.05). Conclusions: According to the results, it can be said that self-healing is effective in manegment of blood sugar of people with type 2 diabetes. © 2024 Iranian Journal of Diabetes and Metabolism and Tehran University of Medical Sciences.