71 71 1400 يز چهارم، پاي ، شماره نهم دوره 71 71 1400 يز چهارم، پاي ، شماره نهم دوره The Efectiveness of Transdiagnostic Treatment Program on Improving the Quality of Life and Reducing Depression in Children with Type 1 Diabetes: An Experimental Study Sogand Ghasemzadeh 1 , Zahra Naghsh 1* , Mohammad Gholami Fesharaki 2 , Elham Shafee 1 1 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 2 Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic diseases in children, which potentially threatens their life. This disease afects the mood, personality, and emotions of children and families. This study aimed to evaluate the efectiveness of the transdiagnostic treatment program (TTP) on improving the quality of life and reducing depression in children with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). Materials and Methods: This experimental study has been done on 22 children with T1D who were referred to two medical centers located in Tehran, Iran in 2020. The patients were randomized into 2 groups; 1) intervention with TTP (n=10, 15 sessions, 60-minute) and 2) control (n=12). The Child Depression Inventory and the Pediatric Quality of Life Questionnaire, before, after, and one month following treatment flled out by participants. Results: Our fndings revealed that the intervention group showed a signifcant decrease in the mean of the variable of depression (-0.66 vs. -0.15, P<0.001) and an increase in quality of life components such as physical functioning (0.71 vs. 0.1, P<0.001), emotional functioning (0.74 vs. -0.02, P<0.001), social performance (0.56 vs. 0.02, P<0.001) and school performance (0.68 vs. 0.15, P<0.001) compared to the control group. Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that TTP will be an efective method to reduce depression and increase the quality of life of children with TD1.1 ABSTRACT Article Info: Received: 31 Jan 2021 Revised: 8 Sep 2021 Accepted: 18 Sep 2021 *Corresponding Author: Zahra Naghsh Email: z.naghsh@ut.ac.ir Keywords: 1. Anxiety 2. Depression 3. Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 4. Quality of Life [ DOI: 10.52547/shefa.9.4.71 ] [ Downloaded from shefayekhatam.ir on 2022-02-22 ] 1 / 10