Mindfulness for Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes

Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes will be invited to the Mindfulness study. They will be randomly assigned to a Control or Active Group. The Active Group will learn Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) through an online website designed to teach the basic principles of MBSR in six week-long modules. They will be measured in three main areas: before learning the intervention, directly after learning it and 3 months after learning it to determine any changes in their Mindful attention awareness, Diabetes Quality of Life and HbA1c. The Control Group will also take the questionnaires at the beginning of the study, 6 weeks after it begins and then 3 months from the beginning to obtain data for all three time points when they have not received access to the modules/intervention.

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Key information

Conditions

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Autoimmune Diseases Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 Endocrine System Diseases Glucose Metabolism Disorders Immune System Diseases Metabolic Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Age range

12 year–19 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

About this study

Research Design and Procedures This study will utilize a between group repeated measures design to measure the effects of the learned MBSR intervention over time. MBSR will be the independent variable. Dependent variables include mindfulness, diabetic quality of life and HbA1c. Adolescents with Type 1 diabetes will be randomly assigned to an intervention group or a wait list/control group that will be taught MBSR after all data has been collected. The study will utilize a 2 (experimental versus wait-list control group) by 3 (pretest [Time 1], posttest [Time 2], and 3 month follow-up [Time 3]) to examine within and between group differences overtime on two psychosocial measures including mindfulness and quality of life. The physiological measure understudy, HbA1c, reflects glucose control over the previous three month period and will be measured at Time 1 and Time 3. MBSR training will be provided via an online website and secure data collection site called MySweetMind.org.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Adolescents between the ages of 12 - 19
Diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes
Fluent in English
No diagnosed cognitive impairments
6th grade education completion
Access to a Computer
Access to the internet

Exclusion criteria

under 12, over 19 - no access to a computer/internet

Treatment and study plan

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

Behavioral

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a well-defined and systematic patient-centered educational approach which provides training in mindfulness meditation to teach adolescents with Type 1 diabetes to take better care of themselves and live healthier and more adaptive lives by learning to become more connected to the present moment through the use of breath and training for awareness of the moment.

Other names: MBSR

Primary outcomes

Change in Mindful Attention Awareness Measurements after Mindfulness Training

Time frame: Time 1 (Baseline), Time 2 (6 weeks post intervention) and Time 3 (3 months post intervention)

Mindful Attention Awareness Adolescents Questionnaire developed by Brown, et al. (2011) to assess mindfulness in adolescents. The rapid increase in mindfulness based interventions for children and adolescents led the developers to modify the MAAS to measure mindfulness in this age group. It consists of 14 items that measure the level of mindfulness measured on a six-point scale with 1 (almost always) to 6 (almost never). Higher scores are an indication of more mindfulness in which there is a receptive state of mind to the present. The MAAS-A has been found to correlate with psychological well-being and healthy self-regulation and does measure the effects of mindfulness training. Mindful Attention Awareness will be measured three times to determine if there is a change in scores from Time 1 to Time 2 to Time 3
Change in Diabetes Quality of Life: DQOL-Y Measurements after Mindfulness Training

Time frame: Time 1 (Baseline), Time 2 (6 weeks post intervention) and Time 3 (3 months post intervention)

Diabetes Quality of Life - Youth Questionnaire (Ingersoll & Marrero, 1991) developed a modified version of the DQOL called the Diabetes Quality of Life for Youth (DQOL-Y). This questionnaire consists of 52 items with three subscales: Diabetes Life Satisfaction scale (17 items) with scores from 1 (very satisfied) to 5 (very dissatisfied), Disease Impact scale (23 items) with scores from 1 (never) to 5 (all the time), and Disease-Related Worries scale (11 items) with scores from 0 (does not apply) to 5 (all the time). Lower scores are indicative of higher quality of life. Also, included at the end is a general self-rating of overall health. In this study, quality of life was analyzed using the summation of each of these sub categories (impact, worry, and satisfaction to obtain a total DQOL score. Reliability of the DQOL-Y was tested for both adolescents and adults. The Diabetes Quality of Life questionnaire will be administered three times to determine whether or not there is a change
Change in HbA1c Measurements after Mindfulness Training

Time frame: Time 1 (Baseline) and Time 3 (3 months post intervention)

HbA1c measurement with fingerstick droplet of blood tested. The instant HbA1c required a drop of blood from the finger stick that provided results in less than 10 minutes. Less affected by the day to day variations in blood glucose readings, the HbA1c returns values which are representative of an average blood glucose over a 90 day period. The HbA1c will be administered two times to determine whether or not there is a change between Time 1 and Time 3.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Duquesne University

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Registry information

Official study title

The Effects of Learning Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction on Psychosocial Variables and HbA1c in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes

Important dates

Study start: 2015
Primary completion: 2018
Study completion: 2019
First posted: May 8, 2019
Registry last updated: May 8, 2019

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