MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL OF FAMILY MEDICINE • VOLUME 7, ISSUE 10 58 WORLD FAMILY MEDICINE/MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL OF FAMILY MEDICINE VOLUME 15 ISSUE 10, DECEMBER 2017 POPULATION AND COMMUNITY STUDIES WORLD FAMILY MEDICINE/MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL OF FAMILY MEDICINE VOLUME 16 ISSUE 3, MARCH 2018 The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on psychological Well-being in Diabetes Patients Tara Moghaddasfar (1) Fatemeh Dehghan (2) Hashem Barahooyi (2) (1) Medical Student, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (2) Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran Correspondence: Fatemeh Dehghan Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran Email: fateme.dehghan1368@gmail.com Received: December 25, 2017; Accepted: December 30, 2017; Published: March 1, 2018. Citation: Moghaddasfar T. et al. The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on psychological Well-being in Diabetes Patients. World Family Medicine. 2018; 16(3):58-62. DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2018.93310 Abstract Introduction: One of the most common chronic dis- eases is diabetes. Diabetes is a heterogeneous group of diseases of the metabolism that is charac- terized by chronic hyperglycemia and impaired me- tabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins and is caused as a result of defects in insulin secretion or insulin functioning. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Commitment and acceptance therapy on psychological well-being in Diabetes patients. Methods: In this study which was Quasi-Experimen- tal with pre-test, post-test and control group, the sample group was selected by available sampling method from patients referred to the Kermanshah Subspecialty Clinic and Training Center. Therefore, 30 female subjects were chosen randomly and assigned to two control and experimental groups (each with 15 subjects). To assess the severity of psychological adaptation, psychological well-be- ing short form Ryff and psychological adaptation of E. Lowell Kelly was used respectively in pre-test. The experimental group experienced the treatment based on commitment and acceptance therapy in eight two hours sessions and the control group did not receive any treatment. These questionnaires were again conducted on both groups in post-test. Findings: The fndings indicated that commitment and acceptance therapy has been effective on the improvement of patient’s psychological wellbeing (p<0.001). Conclusion: Commitment and acceptance therapy is effcacious on increase of psychological wellbe- ing of diabetes patients. So it can be applied as a useful method of intervention for improving psycho- logical adaptation in patients with Diabetes. Key words: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Psychological well-being, Diabetes Patients