NCT07051005

Feasibility of a Tailored Online Self-compassion Intervention

A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial of Online Self-compassion Training Tailored for Adults Living With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Canterbury Christ Church University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of an online programme that is based on Compassionate Mind Training (CMT) over four-weeks. The programme intends to share information and strategies to reduce diabetes distress, self-criticism, and shame, and improve physical health in people who have Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Detailed description

This pilot randomised controlled trial seeks to examine the feasibility and acceptability of online compassion training tailored for adults living with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. Participants will be randomised to either the compassion training course or a waitlist control group, in which participants will be offered the intervention at the end of the study. Four self-report measures will be administered online at baseline (weeks 0-1) and post-intervention (weeks 9-10). The indices of feasibility and acceptability that will be examined include: 1. ease of recruitment; 2. participant retention in the intervention; 3. participant retention in the study; 4. acceptability of the intervention; 5. outcome measure completion; 6. whether there is a preliminary signal of efficacy on the primary outcome measure (diabetes distress). These indices will be compared to progression criteria which determine whether the intervention is sufficiently feasible and acceptable to progress to a full-scale RCT in future research.

Conditions

• Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
• Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Feasibility RCT of a tailored online self-compassion intervention	This is a four-week online self-compassion course supplied by Balanced Minds. The researches of this study and an Expert by Experience have consulted with the owner of Balanced Minds to tailor this programme to people with diabetes. The self-help, self-compassion course is based on Compassionate Mind Training. This provides participants with opportunities to develop skills and attributes of compassion through a weekly 30-minute video on a specified topic, a 10-minute compassionate exercise that participants are encouraged to engage in daily for the week and a brief summary of the compassionate topic. The topics of the course are: The Foundations of Self-Compassion Developing your Compassionate Self Deepening the Compassionate Relationship with Yourself Self-compassion in Everyday Life.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-06-18
• Primary completion: 2026-05-01
• Completion: 2026-06-01
• First posted: 2025-07-03
• Last updated: 2026-03-20

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United Kingdom