Creative Arts Diabetes Initiative for Youth/Young Adults Transitioning to Adult Care

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Creative Arts Diabetes Initiative: Group Art Therapy and Peer Support for Youth and Young Adults Transitioning From Pediatric to Adult Diabetes Care

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02790892
• Other study ID #: HS19577 (H2016:119)
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 2016
• Est. completion date: January 21, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: January 2019
• Source: University of Manitoba
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The Creative Arts Diabetes Initiative will offer facilitated art therapy with a group/peer-support environment to two groups of youth/young adults, one with type 1 diabetes, and one with type 2 diabetes. This environment intends to "meet youth where they are", promote universality, hope and self-understanding, has the potential to be therapeutic and allows youth to express and learn about themselves and each other while developing healthy coping skills and address their fears and concerns.

Description:

The Creative Arts Diabetes Initiative will offer facilitated art therapy with a group/peer-support environment to two groups of youth/young adults, one with type 1 diabetes, and one with type 2 diabetes. This environment intends to "meet youth where they are", promote universality, hope and self-understanding, has the potential to be therapeutic and allows youth to express and learn about themselves and each other while developing healthy coping skills and address their fears and concerns.

As much of diabetes management is about meeting physical health goals - it is the vision of this study that offering additional support in the form of art therapy will have positive effects for bringing awareness and avenues for self-care to the other often neglected dimensions of patients' mental, emotional and spiritual health as part of a more holistic health process.

Engaging in art therapy has the potential to decrease diabetes related distress by giving youth a means and opportunity to identify, understand and express their feelings about having diabetes. Improved self-awareness and self-reflectiveness can help youth integrate their feelings and learn how this can motivate, influence and impact their behaviors and life choices.

Youth will have the opportunity for engaging in peer support, and to build relationships that are meaningful, thus increasing their sense of belonging and positively affect their level of self-confidence, purpose and wellbeing.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 12
• Est. completion date: January 21, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: January 21, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 15 Years to 24 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• diagnosed with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes, live within weekly travel distance to Winnipeg, Manitoba, receive their pediatric care at the Diabetes Education Resource for Children and Adolescents, or who are members of the Maestro Project

Exclusion Criteria:

• those who cannot give informed consent or who are not able to attend regular sessions due to travel distance

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Coping Behavior
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
• Emotional Distress

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Art therapy - pre and post test measures
12 weeks of 90 minutes of art therapy with pre and post test measures to determine changes in social support and levels of diabetes distress

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	University of Manitoba	Winnipeg	Manitoba

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Manitoba

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Decrease diabetes related distress	Decrease diabetes related distress as measured by the Diabetes Attitudes Wishes and Needs Study (DAWN) Problem Areas in Diabetes Questionnaire (PAID).	12 weeks
Secondary	Increase social support	Increase emotional and social support for youth as measured by Measures of Support (MOS) Social Support Survey.	12 weeks
Secondary	Increase emotional	Increase emotional and social support for youth as measured by Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF)	12 weeks

External Links

•   young adult diabetes transition support service