Effect of Stress Management Coaching Intervention on Adult Learners with Type 2 Diabetes: A Rational-Emotive Cognitive Behavioural Coaching Approach.

In developing regions, adult learners who are diabetic may not afford conventional diabetes care due to their income status and financial burdens. The present study determined the effect of a rational-emotive cognitive behavioural coaching (RE-CBC) as a stress management program for assisting adult learners with type 2 diabetes achieve reduced stress level. The study sample comprised 119 adult learners who were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and were stressed. These were assigned to either an intervention group (n = 60) or a waitlisted control group (n = 59). While the control group participants were waitlisted for 12 weeks, the intervention group received RE-CBC treatment within this period. Participants' stress scores were computed at baseline, post-test and follow-up. The results demonstrate that adult learners who participated in RE-CBC showed significantly reduced stress level at post-test which was maintained at follow-up compared to those in the waitlisted control group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]