NCT04608058

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

Comparison of Self-management Behaviors Education Through Digital Storytelling Method and Conventional Method in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes Referred to Diabetes Clinic in Hospitals Affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Nahid Zarifsanaiey · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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).

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
• Self-Management

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Digital storytelling training	The digital content in this study is called "Diabetes and Bumblebee". It features 35 minutes of animation that provides children with a brief description of the disease, its symptoms and complications, treatment methods, the type of insulin, how to preserve insulin, the importance of nutrition and exercise in treating diabetes as well as efficient communication and collaboration with parents and healthcare providers. Exciting and interactive animations were used to depict the daily life of a adolescence with diabetes.
BEHAVIORAL	Routine training	The control group received the clinics' routine training include face to face class education.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-07-30
• Primary completion: 2020-03-30
• Completion: 2020-04-30
• First posted: 2020-10-29
• Last updated: 2020-11-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Iran