Effect of self surrender practice on insulin resistance in individuals withtype 2 diabetes mellitus without depression: asingle-blinded randomized controlled trial

Abstract

Self surrender practice (latihanpasrahdiri/LPD) is a form of relaxation therapy that has been increasingly used, not only in the treatment of psychosomatic diseases, but also of other non-psychosomatic diseases. Previous studies reported thatSSP shows modest improvement on clinical parameters of type 2diabetes mellitus(T2DM) patients,not onlydepression symptoms improvement, but also glycemic control.However, the effect of LPD on insulin resistance has not been investigated. The study aimed to investigate the effect of LPD on insulin resistance in T2DM patients without depression. This was a single-blinded, randomized, controlledtrial conducted in outpatient unit of the