Brief Self-Compassion Intervention for Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes and Disordered Eating Behaviour

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Type 1 Diabetes; Disordered Eating Behaviour; Metabolic and Endocrine - Diabetes; Mental Health - Eating disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619000541101
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Auckland

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-04-05
• Study Completion: 2020-03-01
• Last Update Posted: 21 June 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 27

Inclusion Criteria

Adolescents will be eligible if they score both moderate (scoring 10 and above) and high (scoring 20 or above) levels of disordered eating behaviour.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria include: (1) non-English speaking adolescents, (2) children with developmental disorders (e.g. Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD), (3) children diagnosed with a serious mental disorder requiring ongoing treatment (e.g. psychosis, diagnosed eating disorder), (4) children with untreated hypothyroidism, and (5) children recently (in previous 48 hours) diagnosed with DKA or severe hypoglycaemia.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Disordered eating behaviour assessed by the Diabetes Eating Problem Survey Revised (DEPS-R; Markowitz et al., 2010).[Baseline and at post-intervention. ];Feasibility and acceptability of the brief self-compassion program.[Feasibility and acceptability will be assessed throughout the study by: (1) evaluating whether adolescents with T1D are willing to participate in the intervention (i.e. recruitment and uptake), (2) reasons for not wanting to participate, (3) the acceptability of the delivered intervention (assessed via qualitative questions), (4) study attrition rate, and (5) the suitability of outcome measures.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self care behaviours assessed by the Self Care Inventory-Revised Version (SCI-R; Weinger, Butler, Welch, & La Greca, 2005).[Baseline and at post-intervention. ];Diabetes-related distress assessed by the Problems Areas in Diabetes Survey (PAID; Polonsky et al., 1995).[Baseline and at post-intervention. ];Self-compassion assessed by the Self-Compassion Scale, short form (SCS-SF; Raes, Pommier, Neff, & Van Gucht, 2011).[Baseline and at post-intervention. ];Stress assessed by the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS; Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1993).[Baseline and at post-intervention. ];Metabolic control (glycosylated hemoglobin/ HbA1c), collected routinely as part of standard care.[The most recent HbA1c collected prior to intervention and at 4-weeks follow-up.]