MICHAEL Method- Fulfilling Individual Potential to Attain Excellence - as a Tool for Improving Metabolic Control and Quality of Life Among Adolescence With Type 1 Diabetes

Clalit Health Services

Status: Completed

Conditions: Type 1 Diabetes

Treatments: Behavioral: Michael Method

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01691287

rmc006444ctil

Details and patient eligibility

About

Type 1 diabetes is the most common childhood disease. Treatment of diabetes requires personal checks of blood sugar levels, injecting insulin, changing eating habits and physical exercise, which requires a real change in the life of the child & adolescent and can cause significant damage to the quality of life as well.

Compliance to treatment is a major challenge for all patients and mostly to adolescence, which often worsen their diabetes control at that age.

The Michael Method is a unique, holistic program to develop and realize an individual's emotional, intellectual and behavioral potential, which is based on the belief that every human being can excel in every field they choose. The method was developed in 1988 by a multi-disciplinary team of professional academic in Israel. Today the Israeli education system implements the method in Junior High Schools and High Schools in diverse educational sectors. The program is taught at many other various frameworks: teachers' continuing education programs, colleges, programs run by the Ministries of Defense and Social Welfare, the National Insurance Institute, the National Electric Corporation and in many other public and private frameworks.

The proposed study is aimed to assess whether the Michael Method can be used as a tool for improving metabolic control and quality of life among uncontrolled adolescence with type 1 diabetes

Enrollment: 23 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Type 1 Diabetes at least 1 year prior to study inclusion
• 12-17 years old
• HbA1c > 7.8%

Exclusion criteria

• Incapability to comply with all study requirements

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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23 participants in 1 patient group

Michael Method

Experimental group

Description:

14 group meeting, taking place once a week during 14 consecutive weeks

Treatment:

Behavioral: Michael Method