NCT00263419

Stress-relief Management for Treatment of Late Complications in Type 2 Diabetes

Psychosoziale Intervention Zur Reduktion Diabetischer Spätschäden Bei Diabetes Mellitus Typ 2

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 110 (actual)
• Sponsor: Heidelberg University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a structured stress relief management program can prevent the progression of late diabetic complications in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Detailed description

Patients with type 2 diabetes and increased albumin excretion have an increased risk of renal failure and cardiovascular events. It has recently been shown, that psychosocial stress is an additional major risk factor contributing to the increased risk of cardiac events. However, it is not clear, whether a structured stress-relief training of patients reduces the risk of micro- and macrovascular damage in type 2 diabetes. Comparisons: Conventional treatment of diabetes according to national guidelines is compared to conventional treatment plus structured stress relief management training.

Conditions

• Albuminuria
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
• Diabetes Complications

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction	8 weeks mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) based on body and meditation practices that aims at cultivation of openness, awareness of the present moment and acceptance of all internal and external experiences. It is assumed that this allows to act more reflectively rather than impulsively.

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-01-01
• Primary completion: 2012-03-01
• Completion: 2012-06-01
• First posted: 2005-12-08
• Last updated: 2011-10-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany