Type 2 Diabetes Case Study

Those affected by diabetes, such as type 2 diabetes face the challenges of not being motivated to change their diets or exercise, and not able to maintain healthy lifestyle choices (Critchley, C. R., Hardie, E. A., & Moore, S. M., 2012). Moreover than the physiological aspect, the psychological aspect for type 2 diabetes is more critical. Critchley, Hardie, and Moore suggests that psychological variables facilitate or motivate changes that affect life that can either be negative or positive. The negative motivations in this case is the insufficient exercise, poor food choices, negative moods in which type 2 diabetes in this case in related towards (Critchley, C. R., Hardie, E. A., & Moore, S. M., 2012). The research that was conducted was a randomized control …show more content…
These improvements positively affected the participants’ mood, knowledge, and self-efficacy to overall increasing these factors (Critchley, C. R., Hardie, E. A., & Moore, S. M., 2012). The basis of the experimental procedure is to provide sessions that contain psychosocial educational content that will provide motivation, knowledge based on diabetes as well as the diet, physical activity as well as behaviour. The participants were subjected to health examinations, diet related and lifestyle advice (Critchley, C. R., Hardie, E. A., & Moore, S. M., 2012). The study shows a high success rate as the experimental group which faced the programs that guided participants to a healthy lifestyle, showed increases with healthy eating and exercise that positively decreased the volunteers’ weight and size that simultaneously increased the practice of self-efficacy, diet, knowledge based on diabetes and overall a positive view (Critchley, C. R., Hardie, E. A., & Moore, S. M.,