Objective
comorbidity, cognitive behavior, chronic diseases, depressive symptoms, Diabetes distress, T2DM, diabetes
TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS, CHRONIC DISEASES, DIABETES
Diabetes distress typically causes depressive symptoms; common comorbidity of diabetes unpleasantly affects patients’ medical and psychological functions. Psychotherapeutic interventions are effective treatments to treat depressive symptoms and to improve the quality of life in many chronic diseases including diabetes. The present study investigated the efficacy of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) to treat depressive symptoms in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) using experimental and waitlist control conditions.