Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Abstract The present study was conducted to investigate The effectiveness of psychological capital training on health promotion behaviors and self-care of patients with type 2 diabetes. The research method was semi experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group and a 3 month follow-up phase. The statistical population of the study included people with type 2 diabetes, members of the Diabetes Association, who referred to Bushehr medical centers and clinics in the second half of 2022. 35 patients with type 2 diabetes were selected through purposive sampling method and randomly accommodated into experimental (18 people) and control groups (17 people). The experimental group received ten ninty-minute sessions of psychological capital training during ten weeks. The applied questionnaires included Health Promotion Behaviors Questionnaire (Walker et al, 1987) and Self-Care Questionnaire (Galiana et al, 2015). The data from the study were analyzed through mixed ANOVA method via SPSS23 software. The results showed that psychological capital training has significant effect on the health promotion behaviors (F=71.28; Eta=0. 68; P<0001) and self-care (F=52.56; Eta=0. 61; P<0001) of patients with type 2 diabetes. According to the findings of the present study it can be concluded that psychological capital training can be used as an efficient method to improve health promotion behaviors and self-care of patients with type 2 diabetes through applying the mechanisms such as optimism, self-efficacy, resilience and hope.

Abstract Introduction: Physiological chronic diseases such as multiple sclerosis can reduce the resilience and mental coherence of patients. According to this the present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of psychological capital training on psychological resilience and sense of coherence of people with multiple sclerosis.
Methods: The research method was semi experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group and a 3 month follow-up phase. The statistical population of the study included people with multiple sclerosis who referred to health centers and clinics in Isfahan city in the first six months of 2022. 35 patients with multiple sclerosis were selected through purposive sampling method and randomly accommodated into experimental (18 people) and control groups (17 people). The experimental group received ten ninty-minute sessions of psychological capital training during ten weeks. The applied questionnaires included Psychological Resilience Questionnaire (PRQ) and Sense of Coherence Questionnaire (SCQ). The data from the study were analyzed through mixed ANOVA method via SPSS23 software.
Result: The results showed that psychological capital training has significant effect on the psychological resilience (F=42.59; Eta=0.56; P<0001) and sense of coherence (F=56.83; Eta=0.63; P<0001) of people with multiple sclerosis.
Conclusion: According to the findings of the present study it can be concluded that psychological capital training can be used as an efficient method to improve psychological resilience and sense of coherence of people with multiple sclerosis through applying the mechanisms such as optimism, self-efficacy, resilience and hope.