著者
井澤 美樹子 伊坂 裕子
出版者
一般社団法人 日本健康心理学会
雑誌
健康心理学研究 (ISSN:09173323)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.22, no.2, pp.67-76, 2009-12-31 (Released:2014-03-28)
参考文献数
20
被引用文献数
2

Patients with Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) require maintenance of self-care behaviors, such as diet and exercise, as well as regular check ups and consultations. However, many patients discontinue self-care behaviors and subsequently progress to diabetes. The need to continue self-care behaviors in daily life may lead to psychological stress. In this study, we considered the discontinuation of self-care behaviors and associated consultations as a form of maladjusted behavior among patients with IGT. We hypothesized that the patients' behavior was caused by cognitions such as expectations, judgments, thoughts, and belief systems. We conducted an intervention for modifying the cognitions regarding the self-care behaviors of patients with IGT who were discontinuing consultations, and assessed changes in their self-care behaviors. The results revealed cognitive changes in addition to improvements in self-care behaviors. These findings suggest that cognitive changes are effective for improving the maladjusted behavior of discontinuation of self-care behaviors among patients with IGT.