A Gratitude Intervention in Improving Well-being and Coping in People Living With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

University of Sheffield

Status: Completed

Conditions: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Treatments: Behavioral: Gratitude diary

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03059186

151209

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary aim of the proposed research is to investigate the extent to which a one-week online gratitude intervention can improve levels of wellbeing in individuals living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). A secondary aim was to investigate the extent to which dispositional gratitude influences levels of coping and wellbeing and to what extent this mediates the effect of the intervention. Participants with IBD will be randomized to either treatment or control group. Participants will complete measures pre- and post- intervention, and follow-up (eight weeks) measuring: gratitude (state and trait), illness severity, mood, stress and coping.

Enrollment: 129 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease from a clinician.

Exclusion criteria

• No access to internet via smartphone, tablet or computer.
• Cannot read English

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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129 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Online daily gratitude journal.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Gratitude diary

Control

No Intervention group