Promoting Self-management Behaviors in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes, Using Digital Storytelling

Nahid Zarifsanaiey

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; Self-Management

Treatments: Behavioral: Digital storytelling training; Behavioral: Routine training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04608058

1398.244

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of digital storytelling on the Self-Management behavior of adolescents with type 1 diabetes (TID).

Full description

In this single-blind randomized controlled trial, 60 eligible adolescents with TID were selected based on a convenient sampling method. Next, the participants were randomly allocated into two parallel groups: intervention (training with digital storytelling method, n=30) or control (training with conventional) n=30) groups. Before and three months after the intervention the patients' levels of self-management behaviors according to Self-Management of TID amongst adolescents (SMOD-A); in addition to the Glycated Hemoglobin test (HbA1c) were measured.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adolescents with TID
• using medication (insulin)
• willing to participate in the study and complete the informed consent
• having a basic knowledge of working with computers
• ability to communicate on the telephone.

Exclusion criteria

• physical or mental disabilities
• take anti-anxiety or antidepressant medication

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

At first, participants' demographic data, the levels of "self-management", and "HbA1c "were documented at the commencement of the study. Then, asynchronous Diabetes self-management training, using digital storytelling was made available to this group. Post-test data were collected 3 months after the pretest.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Digital storytelling training

No Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

At first, participants' demographic data, the levels of "self-management", and "HbA1c "were documented at the commencement of the study. Then, the control group received the clinics' routine training. Post-test data were collected 3 months after the pretest.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Routine training