Two Narrative Medicine Interventions in Type 1 Diabetes

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Status: Completed

Conditions: Type1diabetes

Treatments: Other: writing workshop; Other: participating in a session of "living theatre"

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03365349

TDV

Details and patient eligibility

About

a randomized prospective study aims at comparing the impact of a "living theater" session with a simple "writing workshop " on emotional distress (Problem Areas in Diabetes Questionnaire PAID) and illness perception ( Illness Perception Questionnaire IPQR) during a 5 day education course

Full description

This randomized prospective pilot study aims at comparing the impact of a "living theater" session with a simple "writing workshop " on emotional distress (Problem Areas in Diabetes Questionnaire PAID) and illness perception ( Illness Perception Questionnaire IPQR) during a 5 day education course on Functional Insulin Therapy (FIT). Questionaries at T0 (course day 1 ) and T1 (3 months later). qualitative interviews in a sub group of patients random G1 and G2 subgroup at T1, with a general inductive approach to capture all representations

Enrollment: 87 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• type 1 diabetes

Exclusion criteria

• no french language

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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87 participants in 2 patient groups

living theatre

Experimental group

Description:

One session consisting for the patient of telling a story about his/her own life with diabetes , which is first written and then transformed to a script to be played by professional actors co-directed by the patient with the support of the Director to create a little play.

Treatment:

Other: participating in a session of "living theatre"

writing workshop

Active Comparator group

Description:

one session consisting for the patient of writing a "Letter to his/her own diabetes" and then to read it to the group of patients and the healthcare providers.

Treatment:

Other: writing workshop