Can You Reduce Diabetes Symptomatology by Becoming Your 'Best Possible Self': The Role of Stress and Resilience

NCT03675165 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 18/NSP/067
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 110
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine how the 'Best Possible Self' (BPS) intervention influences diabetes symptomatology over a four week period by assessing stress and resilience as mediatory effects. Half of the participants will receive the BPS straight away while the other half will be put on a waiting list and will act as the control group.

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Keywords

Prevention; Psychology; Self-Management

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Diabetes Symptomatology (assessed using the Diabetes Symptoms Checklist - Revised)

  Subscales assess the existence of, and the distress caused by, fatigue, cognitive, pain, sensory, cardiology, ophthalmology, hypoglycaemia, and hyperglycaemia symptoms individually. For each sub-scale, participants can score between 0 and 5, with a lower score meaning fewer symptoms and less distress caused by that subset of symptoms. Subscales do not come together to create a total symptomatology score.

  Four Weeks

Other Outcomes (3)

• Self-Reported Stress (assessed using the Perceived Stress Scale)

  Four weeks

• Self-Reported Resilience (assessed using the Six-Item Brief Resilience Scale)

  Four Weeks

• Diabetes Risk (calculated using the Canadian Diabetes Risk Questionnaire)

  Four Weeks

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants receive a tailored version of Laura King's 'Best Possible Self' intervention: a brief, self-administered, psychological intervention. It is fundamentally a writing exercise, whereby recipients are asked to spend 10 minutes writing about their best possible future self and the steps they need to take to become that person. This helps the individual set goals while facilitating positive affect. Our version of the task has people focus on their health-related goals in particular.

Behavioral: Best Possible Self

Waiting List Control

NO INTERVENTION

Participants are informed that they are on a waiting list and will receive the intervention at the end of the study.

Interventions

Best Possible Self BEHAVIORAL

A writing exercise developed in 2001 by Laura King. The frequency of engagement with the exercise is down to the user's discretion though we recommend to them to write things down once every week for the duration of the study.

Also known as: Best Possible Selves

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Non-clinical sample
• Access to the internet

You may not qualify if:

• Severe mental illness (such as schizophrenia or bipolar depression)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Liverpool John Moores University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Liverpool John Moores University

Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 5AF, United Kingdom

Location

Related Links

• Study link

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Diabetes Mellitus; Glucose Metabolism Disorders; Metabolic Diseases; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Endocrine System Diseases

Study Officials

• Kanayo F Umeh

  Liverpool John Moores University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 4, 2018
• First Posted: September 18, 2018
• Study Start: August 28, 2018
• Primary Completion: March 20, 2019
• Study Completion: March 20, 2019
• Last Updated: February 23, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (1)